Vinaigrette
//vɪnəˈɡɹɛt// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 oil and vinegar with mustard and garlic wordnet
- 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 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 Alternative form of vinegret (“type of Russian salad”). alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"Endives, walnuts and roquefort are the ingredients of a good salad that can be enjoyed with a walnut or sunflower oil vinaigrette."
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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