salad
/ˈsæl.ɪd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A food consisting principally of raw vegetables (especially greens, e.g. lettuce), other savoury ingredients (typically cooked), fruit, or confectionary; often involving two or more such ingredients mixed together, with larger items cut or torn into small pieces, and usually with a dressing or binding; usually served cold or at room temperature, as a dish or savoury sandwich filling.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
One or more raw vegetables of the kind used in salads; typically greens (especially lettuce).
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Lafeu. ’Twas a good lady, ’twas a good lady: we may pick a thousand salads ere we light on such another herb. Clown. Indeed, sir, she was the sweet marjoram of the salad, or rather, the herb of grace."
- "At various times and in different areas salads, compounded of meats, spices, tubers have been treated as of aphrodisiac value."
- "We'd like a couple of cheese salads and two Pepsis, please."
- "sandwiches comprising a meat, a cheese, a salad, and a condiment"
- "I prefer a bit of salad on my burger."
- "Buy a bag of salad at the supermarket."
Etymology
PIE word *sḗh₂l Etymology tree Italian salatader. Old French saladebor. Middle English salade English salad 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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsæl.ɪd/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Food.