salad

The word “salad” means a dish of raw or cold ingredients, usually vegetables, often served with a dressing. In plain terms, a cold dish of mixed vegetables (or other ingredients) with dressing, or loosely, any jumbled mixture.

“Salad” is pronounced SAL-uhd (/ˈsæl.əd/ in IPA).

Here is “salad” used in a sentence: “She tossed a quick salad of lettuce, tomato, and cucumber.”

“Salad” is a noun.

The word “salad” comes from Latin. From Old French salade, ultimately from Latin sal ("salt") — Roman vegetable dishes were originally seasoned with a salty dressing.

“Salad” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the A1 level.

“Salad” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: a dish of raw or cold ingredients, usually vegetables, often served with a dressing.

A salad is a broad category of dishes made from raw or cold ingredients, usually vegetables, often served with a dressing. A slaw, such as coleslaw, is a specific type of salad based on shredded raw cabbage.

'Salad' can be both: it is countable when referring to a specific dish ('a salad', 'two salads') and uncountable when referring to the food in general ('there is salad on the table'). The meaning usually indicates which sense applies.

Common collocations include 'toss a salad', 'make a salad', and 'dress a salad'. People also speak of a 'side salad', a 'green salad', and 'salad dressing'.