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A dish made primarily of chopped hard-boiled eggs and mayonnaise, often including other ingredients such as celery or mustard; it is frequently used as a sandwich spread.
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Egg salad — is part of an Anglo American tradition of salads involving a high protein or high carbohydrate food mixed with seasonings in the form of spices, herbs, and other foods, and bound with an oil based dressing. Its siblings include tuna salad,… … Wikipedia
egg salad — chopped hard boiled eggs mixed with mayonnaise and other ingredients (used as a sandwich filling or as a side dish) … English contemporary dictionary
Salad — is a mixture of cold foods, usually including vegetables and/or fruits, often with a dressing, occasionally nuts or croutons, and sometimes with the addition of meat, fish, pasta, cheese, or whole grains. Salad is often served as an appetizer… … Wikipedia
salad — [sal′əd] n. [ME salat < MFr salade < Prov salada < VL * salata < fem. pp. of * salare, to salt < L sal, SALT] 1. a dish, usually cold, of raw or sometimes cooked vegetables or fruits in various combinations, served with a dressing … English World dictionary
salad */*/ — UK [ˈsæləd] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms salad : singular salad plural salads 1) a food containing a mixture of raw vegetables such as lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, usually served with a salad dressing a pasta salad toss a… … English dictionary
salad — sal|ad [ sæləd ] noun count or uncount ** 1. ) a food containing a mixture of raw vegetables such as LETTUCE, tomatoes, and CUCUMBERS, usually served with a SALAD DRESSING: a pasta salad toss a salad (=mix it together with a salad dressing):… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
egg — egg1 [ eg ] noun *** 1. ) count the round object with a shell that a female bird produces and a baby bird develops in. The mother bird lays an egg, and later the egg hatches and the baby bird comes out: a hen s/pigeon s/sparrow s egg an ostrich… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
salad*/ — [ˈsæləd] noun [C/U] 1) a food containing a mixture of raw vegetables such as LETTUCE, tomatoes, and CUCUMBERS, usually served with a salad dressing a green salad[/ex] 2) food that has been cut into small pieces and mixed together, usually with a… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
salad — sal•ad [[t]ˈsæl əd[/t]] n. 1) coo a cold dish of raw vegetables, as lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, served with a dressing, sometimes with meat, cheese, etc., added 2) coo a dish of any of various raw or cold cooked foods, usu. sliced or… … From formal English to slang
egg — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. egg cell, ovum, embryo; oval. See beginning, reproduction, rotundity. v. incite, goad. See cause. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ovum, seed, germ, spawn, roe, bud, embryo, nucleus, cell, berry*, hen fruit*.… … English dictionary for students
