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Vinaigrette

//vɪnəˈɡɹɛt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sauce, made of an acidic liquid such as vinegar or lemon juice; oil; and other ingredients, used as a salad dressing, or as a marinade for cold meats. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    oil and vinegar with mustard and garlic wordnet
  3. 3
    A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Lady Selina smells at her vinaigrette, and replies in her softest, affectedest, civilest, and crushingest manner— "Poor—DEAR—OLD MAN!""

  4. 4
    A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a litter, to be drawn or pushed by a person. They were used in France until the late 18th century. countable, historical, uncountable
  5. 5
    Alternative form of vinegret (“type of Russian salad”). alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from French vinaigrette. Sense 4 (“type of Russian salad”) is a semantic loan from Russian винегре́т (vinegrét), whence also the doublet vinegret.

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