/ˈsæl.əd/, /ˈsæl.ɪd/, /ˈsaləɖ/
OriginPIE 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.
- countable, uncountableA food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.
“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.”
“At various times and in different areas salads, compounded of meats, spices, tubers have been treated as of aphrodisiac value.”
“chicken salad”
- countable, uncountableEspecially, such a mixture whose principal base is greens, most especially lettuce.
“romaine salad”
“kale salad”
- countable, uncountableA raw vegetable of the kind used in salads.
“sandwiches comprising a meat, a cheese, a salad, and a condiment”
- countable, idiomatic, uncountableAny varied blend or mixture.
“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'.”
- UK, countable, uncountableLettuce.
“I prefer a little salad on my burger.”
Formssalads(plural) · sallet(alternative)