Added 9 October 2026
salad
/ˈsæl.əd/ noun
In Latin: acētāria Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about salad at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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A food consisting principally of raw vegetables (especially greens, e.g. lettuce), other savoury ingredients (typically cooked), fruit, or confectionary; often involving two or more such ingredients mixed together, with larger items cut or torn into small pieces, and usually with a dressing or binding; usually served cold or at room temperature, as a dish or savoury sandwich filling.
We'd like a couple of cheese salads and two Pepsis, please.
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One or more raw vegetables of the kind used in salads; typically greens (especially lettuce).
sandwiches comprising a meat, a cheese, a salad, and a condiment
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Any mixture of different things.
word salad
Origin
PIE word *sḗh₂l Etymology tree Italian salatader. Old French saladebor. Middle English salade English salad 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.
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