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sal·ad
(săl′əd)n.
1.
a. A dish of raw leafy green vegetables, often tossed with pieces of other raw or cooked vegetables, fruit, cheese, or other ingredients and served with a dressing.
b. The course of a meal consisting of this dish.
2. A cold dish of chopped vegetables, fruit, meat, fish, eggs, or other food, usually prepared with a dressing, such as mayonnaise.
3. A green vegetable or herb used in salad, especially lettuce.
4. A varied mixture: "The Declaration of Independence was ... a salad of illusions" (George Santayana).
[Middle English salade, from Old French, possibly from Old Provençal salada, from Vulgar Latin *salāta, from feminine past participle of *salāre, to salt, from Latin sāl, salt; see sal- in Indo-European roots.]
Word History: Salt was and is such an important ingredient in salad dressings that the very word salad is based on the Latin word for "salt." Vulgar Latin had a verb *salāre, "to salt," from Latin sāl, "salt," and the past participle form of this verb, *salāta, "having been salted," came to mean "salad." The Vulgar Latin word passed into languages descending from it, such as Portuguese (salada) and Old Provençal (salada). Old French may have borrowed its word salade from Old Provençal. Medieval Latin also carried on the Vulgar Latin word in the form salāta. As in the case of so many culinary delights, the English borrowed the word and probably the dish from the French. The Middle English word salade, from Old French salade and Medieval Latin salāta, is first recorded in a cookbook composed before 1399. · Salt is of course an important ingredient of other foods and condiments besides salad dressings, as is evidenced by some other culinary word histories. The words sauce and salsa, borrowed into English from French and Spanish, respectively, both come ultimately from the Latin word salsus, meaning "salted." Another derivative of this word was the Late Latin adjective salsīcius, "prepared by salting," which eventually gave us the word sausage.
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salad
(ˈsæləd)n
1. (Cookery) a dish of raw vegetables, such as lettuce, tomatoes, etc, served as a separate course with cold meat, eggs, etc, or as part of a main course
2. (Cookery) any dish of cold vegetables or fruit: potato salad; fruit salad.
3. (Cookery) any green vegetable used in such a dish, esp lettuce
[C15: from Old French salade, from Old Provençal salada, from salar to season with salt, from Latin sal salt]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
sal•ad
(ˈsæl əd)n.
1. a cold dish of raw vegetables, as lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, served with a dressing, sometimes with meat, cheese, etc., added.
2. a dish of any of various raw or cold cooked foods, usu. sliced or chopped and mixed with mayonnaise or other dressing: potato salad; tuna salad; egg salad.
3. any herb or green vegetable eaten raw, as in salads.
4. a mixture or assortment.
[1350–1400; < Middle French salade < Vulgar Latin *salāta, derivative of salāre to salt]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
salad
- corn salad - A name given to several species of annual herbs sometimes used for salad.
- fruit cocktail, fruit cup, fruit salad - Fruit cocktail (1922) is a mixture of sliced or diced fruits, and it is synonymous with fruit cup (1931); fruit salad (1861) is a salad composed of fruits.
- salad days - Those when one is green in judgment, young and inexperienced.
- salad - A shortened version of Latin herba salata, "salted vegetables," from Latin sal, "salt."
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
Salad
a cold dish composed of a variety of fruits, vegetables, meats, etc.Examples: salad of murder and Te Deums, of conflagration and general fasts, 1635; salad of styles (architectural), 1893; the Puritan, Anabaptists, Brownist, like a grand salad, 1635.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
salad
– lettuce1. 'salad'
A salad is a mixture of cold or uncooked vegetables. You can eat it on its own or with other foods.
For lunch she had a salad of tomato, onion and cucumber.
I made some potato salad for the picnic.
2. 'lettuce'
A salad usually includes the large green leaves of a vegetable called a lettuce /'letɪs/. Don't refer to this vegetable as a 'salad'.
Tear the lettuce into small pieces and mix it with the dressing.
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| Noun | 1. |  salad - food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greensdish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" tossed salad - salad tossed with a dressing salmagundi - cooked meats and eggs and vegetables usually arranged in rows around the plate and dressed with a salad dressing salad nicoise - typically containing tomatoes and anchovies and garnished with black olives and capers potato salad - any of various salads having chopped potatoes as the base pasta salad - a salad having any of various pastas as the base fruit salad - salad composed of fruits crab Louis - lettuce and crabmeat dressed with sauce Louis herring salad - based on pickled herring tuna fish salad, tuna salad - salad composed primarily of chopped canned tuna fish chicken salad - salad composed primarily of chopped chicken meat molded salad - salad of meats or vegetables in gelatin |
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Translations
سَلاَطَةسَلَطَه
салата
salát
salat
salado
salaatti
salata
saláta
salat
サラダ
샐러드
mišrainėsalotossalotų užpilasvaisių asorti
salāti
šalát
solata
salataсалата
sallad
สลัด
xa-lát
salad
[ˈsæləd]A. N → ensalada f
fruit salad → ensalada f de frutas, macedonia f de frutas (Sp)
Russian salad → ensaladilla f (rusa), ensalada f rusa
fruit salad → ensalada f de frutas, macedonia f de frutas (Sp)
Russian salad → ensaladilla f (rusa), ensalada f rusa
B. CPD salad bowl N → ensaladera f
salad cream N (Brit) → mayonesa f
salad days NPL → juventud fsing
salad dish N → ensaladera f
salad dressing N → aliño m
salad oil N → aceite m para ensaladas
salad cream N (Brit) → mayonesa f
salad days NPL → juventud fsing
salad dish N → ensaladera f
salad dressing N → aliño m
salad oil N → aceite m para ensaladas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
salad
[ˈsæləd] n → salade ftomato salad → salade de tomates
green salad → salade vertesalad bar n (in restaurant, canteen) → buffet m de cruditéssalad bowl n → saladier msalad cream n (British) → sauce f mayonnaise (en bouteille)salad days npl → années fpl de jeunesse et d'inexpériencesalad dressing n → vinaigrette fsalad oil n → huile f de tablesalad servers npl → couverts mpl à saladesalad shaker n → panier m à saladesalad spinner n → essoreuse f à salade
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
salad
n → Salat m
salad
:salad bar
n → Salatbüffet nt
salad bowl
n → Salatschüssel f
salad cream
n → ˜ Mayonnaise f, → ˜ Majonäse f
salad days
salad oil
n → Salatöl nt
salad spinner
n (Cook) → Salatschleuder f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
salad
(ˈsӕləd) noun (a dish of) mixed raw vegetables.
fruit salad a mixture of chopped fruits usually eaten as a dessert.
salad cream a type of mayonnaise usually sold in bottles.
salad dressing a sauce for putting on salad, usually consisting of oil and vinegar and sometimes spices.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
salad
→ سَلاَطَة salát salat Salat σαλάτα ensalada salaatti salade salata insalata サラダ 샐러드 salade salat sałatka salada салат sallad สลัด salata xa-lát 色拉Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
salad
n. ensalada.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
salad
n ensaladaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.