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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

salad

/ˈsæləd/

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What does salad mean?

noun

  1. 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.
  2. One or more raw vegetables of the kind used in salads; typically greens (especially lettuce).
  3. Any mixture of different things.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈsæləd/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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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.
Gene Stratton-PorterA Girl of the LimberlostProject Gutenberg ebook #125
This, with some cheese and a salad and a bottle of old Tokay, of which I had two glasses, was my supper.
Bram StokerDraculaProject Gutenberg ebook #345
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"Surely, flowers," said her mother, "and shall we not have a little salad garden in the midst, as they do in England?"
Sara Cone BryantStories to Tell to ChildrenProject Gutenberg ebook #473
I think they must have been taken out at random, for I am sure I tasted aniseed water, anchovy sauce, and salad dressing.
Charles DickensDavid CopperfieldProject Gutenberg ebook #766