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Salad

//ˈsæl.əd// noun

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Noun

1
A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise. countable, uncountable
"Lafeu. ’Twas a good lady, ’twas a good lady: we may pick a thousand salads ere we light on such another herb. Clown. Indeed, sir, she was the sweet marjoram of the salad, or rather, the herb of grace."
2
food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens wordnet
3
A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.; Especially, such a mixture whose principal base is greens, most especially lettuce. countable, uncountable
"romaine salad"
4
A raw vegetable of the kind used in salads. countable, uncountable
"sandwiches comprising a meat, a cheese, a salad, and a condiment"
5
Any varied blend or mixture. countable, idiomatic, uncountable
"Rebuffed by the Arabs and then the Iranians for trying to be part of them and their societies, Pakistan is just a hotchpotch salad of people supposedly bound together by the myth of Muslim 'Ummah'."

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6
Lettuce. UK, countable, uncountable
"I prefer a little salad on my burger."

Etymology

PIE word *séh₂ls From Middle English salade, from Old French salade, borrowed from Northern Italian salada, salata (compare insalata), from Vulgar Latin *salāta, from *salāre, from Latin saliō, from sal (“salt”). Vegetables were seasoned with brine or salty oil-and-vinegar dressings during Roman times.

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