Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waldorf salad

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: wal-dor-f sal-ad
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of salad, consisting of apple, nuts (especially walnuts), celery, and mayonnaise or a mayonnaise-based dressing.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Would you like some Waldorf salad?"
"Of all the Waldorf salads I've tasted, this is the finest."

Etymology

Named after the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, where the salad was first created in 1896, from the surname Waldorf, after the German town Walldorf.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Waldorf salads (plural)

Questions

What does waldorf salad mean?: A type of salad, consisting of apple, nuts (especially walnuts), celery, and mayonnaise or a mayonnaise-based dressing.
Where does waldorf salad come from?: Named after the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, where the salad was first created in 1896, from the surname Waldorf, after the German town Walldorf.

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