Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perfection salad

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: per-fec-tion sal-ad
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A terrine or jello-style vegetable loaf made with lemon vinaigrette flavored gelatin, filled with a chopped garden salad or green salad, popular in the United States during the early and mid 20th century.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Coined by Mrs. John E. Cook of New Castle, Pennsylvania, USA, for a submission to a magazine recipe contest sponsored by gelatin maker Knox in 1904.

Usage

Inflected Forms

perfection salads (plural)

Questions

What does perfection salad mean?: A terrine or jello-style vegetable loaf made with lemon vinaigrette flavored gelatin, filled with a chopped garden salad or green salad, popular in the United States during the early and mid 20th century.
Where does perfection salad come from?: Coined by Mrs. John E. Cook of New Castle, Pennsylvania, USA, for a submission to a magazine recipe contest sponsored by gelatin maker Knox in 1904.

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