Definition of SALAD

salad

Meanings

Plural: salads

Noun

  • food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
  • A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.
  • A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.
  • Especially, such a mixture whose principal base is greens, most especially lettuce.
  • A raw vegetable of the kind used in salads.
  • Any varied blend or mixture.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Scrabble Score: 6

salad is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
salad is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
salad is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

salad is a valid Words With Friends word