Salad

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈsalÉ™d/
• US IPA: /ˈsælÉ™d/
• enPR: SAH-luhd

Alternative forms

• sallet 16th-19th c.

Origin

From Old French, borrowed from Northern Italian salada, salata (compare insalata), from Vulgar Latin *salāta, from *salāre, from Latin saliō, from sal ("salt").

Full definition of salad

Noun

1. A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.Boys, I may not know much but I know the difference between chicken shit and chicken salad.
2. A raw vegetable of the kind used in salads.

Derived terms

Related terms

• taramosalata

Anagrams

• daals
• S.D. Ala.