salad

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.
2. (countable, uncountable) A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.
3. (countable, uncountable) A raw vegetable of the kind used in salads.
4. (countable, idiomatic, uncountable) Any varied blend or mixture.
5. (UK, countable, uncountable) Lettuce.

Synonyms

lettuce

chopped

farrago

fruit salad

greens

medley

sallet

salad greens

raw fruit

annexe

vegetables eaten raw

Translations

salade

insalata

Salat

ensalada

salade

σαλάτα

salada

amanida

slaatje

salata

sla

ensalada

سلطة

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsæləd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: salade

In summary

PIE 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.

Sentences

For dinner , they had Cesar salad .