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 wordsalad 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