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salad

[ sal-uhd ]

noun

  1. a usually cold dish consisting of vegetables, as lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, covered with a dressing and sometimes containing seafood, meat, or eggs.
  2. any of various dishes consisting of foods, as meat, seafood, eggs, pasta, or fruit, prepared singly or combined, usually cut up, mixed with a dressing, and served cold:

    chicken salad; potato salad.

  3. any herb or green vegetable, as lettuce, used for salads or eaten raw.
  4. South Midland and Southern U.S. greens ( def 22b ).
  5. any mixture or assortment:

    The usual salad of writers, artists, and musicians attended the party.



salad

/ ˈæə /

noun

  1. 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. any dish of cold vegetables or fruit

    fruit salad

    potato salad

  3. any green vegetable used in such a dish, esp lettuce
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of salad1

1350–1400; Middle English salad ( e ) < Middle French salade < Old Provençal salada < Vulgar Latin *ٲ, feminine past participle of * to salt, equivalent to sal-, stem of salt 1 + -ate 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of salad1

C15: from Old French salade, from Old Provençal salada, from salar to season with salt, from Latin sal salt
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Rich recommended putting tinned fish on top of salads: “I make a big salad for lunch and I want a little bit of protein. Tinned fish is a perfect portion size.”

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Of course, it’s wonderful in any sort of salad—whether leafy greens, egg salad, a raw vegetable medley or beyond.

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He choked on some salad,’” pitching coach Mark Prior said.

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Pecans add crunch and texture to soups, walnuts liven up pasta dishes and Marcona almonds bring a buttery, salty note to verdant salads.

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Assemble the Sandwich: On a toasted slice of sourdough, pile the giardiniera chicken salad.

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