HOW TO PRONOUNCE
salad
/ˈsæləd/
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What does salad mean?
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.
- One or more raw vegetables of the kind used in salads; typically greens (especially lettuce).
- Any mixture of different things.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈsæləd/
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He had the last piece of cake in one hand, and the last bite of salad disappeared in one great gulp.
This, with some cheese and a salad and a bottle of old Tokay, of which I had two glasses, was my supper.
More book examples (2)
"Surely, flowers," said her mother, "and shall we not have a little salad garden in the midst, as they do in England?"
I think they must have been taken out at random, for I am sure I tasted aniseed water, anchovy sauce, and salad dressing.