Salad

Definition: Salad

Salad

Noun

1. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "salad" was first used: 14th century. (references)

Dream Interpretation

Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Mixture

Alloy, amalgam; brass, chowchow, pewter; magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid, miscellany, ambigu, medley, mess, hotchpot, pasticcio, patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts; jumble; (disorder); salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum, gallimaufry, olla-podrida, olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn; mosaic; (variegation).

Oil

Noun: oil, fat, butter, cream, grease, tallow, suet, lard, dripping exunge, blubber; glycerin, stearin, elaine, oleagine; soap; soft soap, wax, cerement; paraffin, spermaceti, adipocere; petroleum, mineral, mineral rock, mineral crystal, mineral oil; vegetable oil, colza oil, olive oil, salad oil, linseed oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, nut oil; animal oil, neat's foot oil, train oil; ointment, unguent, liniment; aceite, amole, Barbados tar; fusel oil, grain oil, rape oil, seneca oil; hydrate

Crosswords: Salad

Cebuano (salad), Swedish (lettuce, salad).

There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth)

I was a stand-up tomato: a juicy, sexy, beefsteak tomato! Nobody does vegetables like me! I did an evening of vegetables off-Broadway! I did the best tomato, the best cucumber I did an endive salad that knocked the critics on their ass (Tootsie; writing credit: Larry Gelbart; Don McGuire)

I'll take the job, potato salad! (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

The man puts his ketchup on his salad. (The Odd Couple; writing credit: Bill Angelos; Art Baer)

I'd like an omelet, plain, and a chicken salad sandwich on wheat toast, no mayonnaise, no butter, no lettuce (Five Easy Pieces; writing credit: Carole Eastman; Bob Rafelson)

His Salad Days (1918)

Lobster Salad and Milk (1913)

How Bridget Served the Salad Undressed (1898)

Quest for the Egg Salad: Fellowship of the Egg Salad (2002)

Egg Salad (1996)

POLK SALAD ANNIE  (performing artist: Tony Joe White )

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The 2001 Report on Salad Dressings: World Market Segmentation by City (reference)

• The 2001 Long-Run Global Growth Prospects for Salad Dressings: A Physioeconomic Perspective (reference)

• The 2000-2005 Outlook for Salad Dressings in Asia (reference)

• The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Reduced-calorie Salad Cream (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Lettuce in Your Kitchen: Where Salad Gets a Whole New Spin and Dressings Do Double Duty (reference)

• Salad (Williams-Sonoma Collection) (reference)

• Salad Days (reference)

• Salad Dressings (Specialty Cookbooks) (reference)

• The Best 50 Salad Dressings (Best 50 Recipes Series) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Lightning Bolt - The Power Of Salad (reference)

• The Melvins: Live - Salad of a Thousand Delights (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Flute Salad (reference)

• Brain Salad Surgery (reference)

• Salad Days (reference)

• Salad Days: Highlights From The Revival London Cast Recording (1982 Studio Cast) [CAST RECORDING] [CAST RECORDING] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• OXO Good Grips Salad Spinner (reference)

• Tracy Porter Sage Tea Salad Plate (reference)

• Arthur Court Rabbit Salad Bowl (reference)

• Salad Bowl Set - Natural Wood (7-pc.) (reference)

• Bonjour Salad Chef (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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(1) color slide of two pupusas on a plate served with a side of coleslaw-like salad. (pupusas are a grilled or fried dough, similar to a pancake which can be made to be filled or just plain). Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

(2) color slides show different bowls of salad. (1) bowl of mixed salad, (1) bowl of sliced tomatoes over a bed of lettuce. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

A lunch sits on a blue tablecloth with a brown paper bag and red napkin. There are carrots, a pear, a sandwich on wheat bread with lettuce (chicken salad) and a carton of milk. See also AV-3905. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

From on overhead angle, a plate of potatoes and green beans, a bowl of tomatoes and yellow peppers with sour cream dip and a tossed salad are shown on a white tablecloth. Across the middle of the table, grey letters read: "Include 3-5 servings of vegetables daily". Shot on 4x5 format. This was used in the 1989 calendar "Eat for Good Health" April 1989. See artwork: PV-19. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

On an ivory background sits a stick of butter in a glass tray, a jar of mayonnaise, a bottle of oil and a bottle of salad dressing. See artwork: PV-44. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

An older black man and woman fill their plates at a salad bar. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Salad Machine. Credit: NASA.

Sea cucumber being prepared for salad. Just kidding! The knife is for scale. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Bulk salad dressing in a wholesale club in VA. Credit: USDA.

Kim Son Chang prepares fresh vegetables for the lunch time salad bar at Rockville HS, MD. Credit: USDA.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And he looked sullenly down at the potato salad he was mixing

My salad days, when I was green in judgement, cold in blood

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Use vinegar, lemon juice, or low-calorie salad dressings instead. (references)

Moisten food with sauces, gravies, and salad dressings to make it easier to swallow. (references)

Take advantage of the supermarket's salad bar and prepared foods to make cooking easier. (references)

Economic History

Jamaica

However, hotels retain a strong demand for US meats, cheeses, wines, fruits, vegetables, seafood and salad dressings. (references)

Netherlands

Although limited, U.S. brands of organic and natural foods can be found on Dutch retail food shelves including dehydrated soups, tortilla chips, rice milk and salad dressings. (references)

Finland

Besides the traditional hamburger (McDonald's) and pizza (Pizza Hut) chains, there are market opportunities for U.S. fast food restaurants such as salad bars, Tex-Mex food and coffee bars. (references)

Political Economy

Somalia

In August 2000, the Assembly elected Abdiqassim Salad Hassan as Transitional President. (references)

Political Rights

Somalia

The assembly elected Abdiqassim Salad Hassan as Transitional President. (references)

Travel

Nicaragua

Vigorón: a dish made of yucca with roasted pork, served with a cabbage salad. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "salad": angry fruit salad ♦ bean salad ♦ Caesar salad ♦ chef's salad ♦ chicken salad ♦ chicory salad ♦ cold salad plate ♦ combination salad ♦ common corn salad ♦ corn salad ♦ dress a salad ♦ endive salad ♦ field salad ♦ fish roe salad ♦ french dressing for fruit salad ♦ fruit salad ♦ green salad ♦ herring salad ♦ indian salad ♦ lettuce salad ♦ macaroni salad ♦ mixed salad ♦ molded salad ♦ my salad days ♦ pasta salad ♦ potato salad ♦ rocket salad ♦ russ salad ♦ russian salad ♦ salad bar ♦ salad basket ♦ salad bowl ♦ salad burnet ♦ salad cream ♦ salad days ♦ salad dressing ♦ salad fork ♦ salad green ♦ salad greens ♦ salad nicoise ♦ salad of beetroot ♦ salad oil ♦ salad plate ♦ salad servers ♦ salad spinner ♦ salad with oil and vinegar ♦ shawnee salad ♦ tomato salad ♦ tossed salad ♦ tuna fish salad ♦ tuna salad ♦ vegetable salad ♦ Waldorf salad ♦ word salad. Additional references.

Beginning with "salad": salad-dressing, salad-making, salad-stuffed.

Ending with "salad": brains-with-burnt-butter-salad, fruit-salad, ham-and-salad.

Afrikaans

slaai. (various references)

Albanian

sallatë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏سلطة خضراء, ‏خضرة و بخاصة الخس. (various references)

Asturian

ensalada. (various references)

Bavarian

solod. (various references)

Bulgarian 

салата. (various references)

Catalan

amanida. (various references)

Cebuano

salad. (various references)

Chamorro

ensalada. (various references)

Chinese 

沙拉 . (various references)

Croatian

salatu. (various references)

Czech

salátem, salát. (various references)

Danish

salat (lettuce). (various references)

Dutch

slaatje, salade (lettuce). (various references)

Esperanto

salato. (various references)

Faeroese

salat. (various references)

Farsi 

سالاد. (various references)

Finnish

salaatti (lettuce). (various references)

French

salade (cold salad plate). (various references)

Frisian

slaad, salaad. (various references)

German

Salat (lettuce). (various references)

Greek 

σαλάτα. (various references)

Hebrew 

מלוחית, סלט. (various references)

Hungarian

saláta (lettuce, rabbit food). (various references)

Indonesian

selada (lettuce, rabbit food). (various references)

Inuktitut

piruqtut nakatiqsimajut. (various references)

Irish

sailéad. (various references)

Italian

insalata. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

サムライ債 (salad bar, salad bowl, salad dressing, salad oil, samovar, samurai loan, surround). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

サラダ . (various references)

Korean 

샐러드. (various references)

Lombard

insalata. (various references)

Luxembourgish

zalot. (various references)

Macedonian

marula. (various references)

Manx

sallaid, glassan. (various references)

Mohawk

yehontohseràtha (salad dressing). (various references)

Papiamen

salada (lettuce). (various references)

Pig Latin

aladsay.(various references)

Portuguese

salada. (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

salada. (various references)

Provencal

ensalada. (various references)

Romanian

salatå, salatã (hotchpotch), ghiveci (hodge-podge, hotchpotch, mash, patchwork). (various references)

Romansch

salata. (various references)

Russian 

салат (lettuce, side-dish, slaw). (various references)

Samoan

salati. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

salata (lettuce). (various references)

Sicilian

nsalata. (various references)

Spanish

ensalada. (various references)

Swedish

sallad (lettuce). (various references)

Tagalog

insaláda. (various references)

Thai

สลัด. (various references)

Turkish

salata (lettuce). (various references)

Turkmen 

salat (r). (various references)

Ukrainian

салат. (various references)

Vietnamese 

rau xà lách món rau trộn dầu giấm. (various references)

Zulu

isaladi, ilisaladi. (various references)

Sanguisorba minor Scop., Valerianella, Valerianella eriocarpa, Valerianella locusta, Valerianella olitoria. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "salad": saladang, saladangs, salads. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Salad" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alad, asla, Assaad, Aswad, Dalada, esalad, falad, Qalaat, Qalat, saad, Sa'ad, Saada, Saa'da, saal, Sablah, sahlan, Sajadah, Sakau, sala, salab, salada, salah, Salai, salam, salan, salar, salat, salati, salax, sald, saleand, Salef, salid, Salif, salit, Salka, Salla, Sallah, Sallam, Sallay, salled, salud, Salya, Samad, Samadhi, Samadov, Samland, Sarla, Saula, savad, Sawasdi, saxad, saylac, Scaldava, sclad, Shazad, sialid, sialoid, Sicad, silat, Sillard, skala, slad, slaed, slaid, S'land, slead, Swalcap, walad. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: aals, alas, dals, lads.

-2 letters: aal, aas, ads, ala, als, dal, lad, las, sad, sal.

-3 letters: aa, ad, al, as, la.

+1 letter: alands, dalasi, salads, sandal.

+2 letters: alcades, alidads, apsidal, ballads, dahlias, dalasis, geladas, lambdas, lampads, landaus, radials, radulas, sandals, scalade, scalado, scandal, vandals, wadmals.

+3 letters: abasedly, admirals, adrenals, adulates, alamedas, alamodes, alcaides, alcaldes, alcaydes, aldolase, alidades, analysed, applauds, armloads, ashlared, assailed, badlands, ballades, balsamed, basidial, bradawls, calderas, calvados, candelas, capsidal, carloads, caseload, dalapons, dalesman, dealates, diastral, escalade, gadwalls, garlands, graduals, halyards, headsail, ladanums, laggards, lallands, landmass, landsman, laniards, lanyards, leadsman, loadstar, maladies, mallards, mandalas, mandolas, matildas, paladins, palisade, payloads, placards, playdays, radicals, salaamed, saladang, salaried, salvaged, sandaled, scabland, scalades, scalados, scandals, seladang, sialidan, slapdash, vedalias, wadmaals.