Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cobb salad

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: cob-b sal-ad
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A salad consisting of iceberg lettuce, watercress, endive and Romaine lettuce with tomato, bacon, chicken, hard-boiled egg, avocado, chives, Roquefort cheese and a red wine vinaigrette.

American usage

Example Sentences

"She ignores: olives, blue cheese, boiled eggs, bacon and avocado – in other words, all of the parts of the Cobb salad that, technically speaking, make it a Cobb salad."

Etymology

Developed by Robert Cobb of the Brown Derby restaurant circa 1937.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

Cobb salads (plural)

Questions

What does cobb salad mean?: A salad consisting of iceberg lettuce, watercress, endive and Romaine lettuce with tomato, bacon, chicken, hard-boiled egg, avocado, chives, Roquefort cheese and a red wine vinaigrette.
Where does cobb salad come from?: Developed by Robert Cobb of the Brown Derby restaurant circa 1937.

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