Definitions for: Salad


[n] food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens



Webster (1913) Definition: Sal"ad (s[a^]l"ad), n. [F. salade, OIt. salata, It.
insalata, fr. salare to salt, fr. L. sal salt. See Salt,
and cf. Slaw.]
1. A preparation of vegetables, as lettuce, celery, water
cress, onions, etc., usually dressed with salt, vinegar,
oil, and spice, and eaten for giving a relish to other
food; as, lettuce salad; tomato salad, etc.

Leaves eaten raw are termed salad. --I. Watts.

2. A dish composed of chopped meat or fish, esp. chicken or
lobster, mixed with lettuce or other vegetables, and
seasoned with oil, vinegar, mustard, and other condiments;
as, chicken salad; lobster salad.



Salad burnet (Bot.), the common burnet ({Poterium
Sanguisorba}), sometimes eaten as a salad in Italy.

See Also: chicken salad, coleslaw, crab Louis, dish, fruit salad, herring salad, molded salad, pasta salad, potato salad, salad nicoise, salmagundi, slaw, tabbouleh, tabooli, tossed salad, tuna fish salad, tuna salad

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