salad
A cold dish of raw vegetables, usually with lettuce and other vegetables, often with a sauce on top.
A cold dish made mainly from raw vegetables, especially leafy greens like lettuce, usually cut into pieces and served with a dressing.
A cold food made by mixing things like pasta, potatoes, rice, or meat with a sauce, often called "pasta salad", "potato salad", and so on.
A cold dish made by mixing cooked or raw ingredients such as vegetables, pasta, rice, potatoes, or meat with a dressing or mayonnaise, often used in phrases like "pasta salad" or "potato salad".
Raw green leaves like lettuce that you use to make a salad.
Raw leafy vegetables, such as lettuce or mixed salad leaves, prepared to be eaten, often used when talking about the ingredient rather than the whole dish.
A mix of many things, like ideas or words, that feels confused and is hard to understand.
A confused or jumbled mixture of different things such as ideas, images, or words, especially when it is hard to understand or makes little sense.
- Base: salad
- Plural: salad, salads
Caesar salad
1Specific salad with creamy dressing
A popular salad made with lettuce, crunchy bread pieces, cheese, and a rich creamy sauce, sometimes with chicken.
- I had a chicken Caesar salad for lunch.
- The restaurant is known for its classic Caesar salad.
- He ordered a Caesar salad with extra Parmesan.
chicken salad
1Cold mixture of chicken pieces
A cold food made from small pieces of chicken mixed with sauce, often mayonnaise, and sometimes vegetables, eaten as a salad or in a sandwich.
- I had a chicken salad sandwich for lunch.
- She prepared a big bowl of chicken salad for the picnic.
- The café offers tuna salad and chicken salad on wholegrain bread.
egg salad
1Cold mixture of chopped eggs
A cold food made from cut hard-boiled eggs mixed with mayonnaise and sometimes other small pieces of food, often eaten in sandwiches.
- He made egg salad sandwiches for the trip.
- The café serves egg salad on wholemeal bread.
- I had an egg salad wrap for lunch.
fruit salad
1Mixed dish of cut fruit
A dish made from different fruits cut into small pieces and mixed together, usually eaten as a dessert or snack.
- For dessert we had ice cream and fruit salad.
- She made a fruit salad with apples, grapes, and oranges.
- The children helped to prepare the fruit salad for the party.
garden salad
1Salad of mixed raw vegetables
A simple salad made from raw vegetables like lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, and carrots.
- The menu includes a garden salad with house dressing.
- She ordered a garden salad instead of fries.
- We started the meal with a fresh garden salad.
green salad
1Salad of leafy greens
A salad that is mostly made of green leaves like lettuce, spinach, or rocket.
- We had grilled chicken with a simple green salad.
- She tossed a green salad with olive oil and vinegar.
- A fresh green salad is a light starter.
potato salad
1Cold mixed potato salad
A cold dish made from cooked potatoes mixed with sauce, usually mayonnaise, and sometimes eggs, onions, or herbs.
- We served sausages with potato salad at the barbecue.
- My grandmother makes the best potato salad.
- He put a spoonful of potato salad on his plate.
salad bar
1Self-service counter for salad
A place in a restaurant or cafeteria where people can choose and take their own salad ingredients.
- The restaurant has an all-you-can-eat salad bar.
- I filled my plate at the salad bar with lettuce, beans, and cheese.
- They added a small salad bar to attract health-conscious customers.
salad bowl
1Bowl for serving salad
A large bowl that you put salad in to serve it.
- She placed the salad bowl in the middle of the table.
- We need a bigger salad bowl for family dinners.
- He mixed the vegetables and dressing in a wooden salad bowl.
salad days
1Time of youthful inexperience
A time in someone's life when they are young, not very experienced, and often remember this time with warm or happy feelings.
- In his salad days he traveled the world with only a backpack.
- She often talks about her salad days as a student in Paris.
- They met in their salad days and have been friends ever since.
salad dressing
1Sauce for putting on salad
A sauce, usually made with oil, vinegar, or cream, that you put on salad to give it more taste.
- Do you want any salad dressing on your lettuce?
- I made a simple salad dressing with olive oil and lemon juice.
- She prefers low-fat salad dressing on her salads.
side salad
1Small salad served with meal
A small salad that you eat together with the main part of a meal.
- The steak comes with fries or a side salad.
- I ordered a burger and a side salad instead of chips.
- You can add a side salad for an extra two dollars.
word salad
1Confused mixture of meaningless words
Speech or writing that has many words but is very hard to understand and does not make clear sense.
- His explanation was just word salad and left everyone more confused.
- The ad is full of marketing word salad that says almost nothing.
- Without structure, her argument turns into a kind of word salad.
pasta salad
1cold salad made with pasta
A cold dish made with cooked pasta mixed with things like vegetables, cheese, or meat and a sauce or dressing.
- She brought a large bowl of pasta salad to the potluck.
- She brought a big bowl of pasta salad to the picnic.
- The pasta salad is made with tomatoes, olives, and feta cheese.
- This pasta salad has olives, tomatoes, and a light lemon dressing.
- We ate pasta salad for lunch on the hot day.
- We ate leftover pasta salad for lunch the next day.