salad: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    Worldwideneutralculinary
    • A cold dish typically consisting of a mixture of raw or cooked vegetables, often dressed with oil, vinegar, or another dressing.

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    • For dinner, I made a fresh salad with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, and a tangy vinaigrette.

      For dinner, I made a fresh salad with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, and a tangy vinaigrette.

    • She prefers her salad with a variety of raw vegetables tossed in olive oil and lemon juice.

      She prefers her salad with a variety of raw vegetables tossed in olive oil and lemon juice.

    • The restaurant offers a mixed salad featuring both cooked beets and fresh greens.

      The restaurant offers a mixed salad featuring both cooked beets and fresh greens.

    • I always add some nuts and cheese to my salad for extra flavor and texture.

      I always add some nuts and cheese to my salad for extra flavor and texture.

  • 2.

    USUKWorldwideinformalfigurative
    • A heterogeneous or miscellaneous mixture or assortment of items; a medley.

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    • Her desk was a salad of papers, books, and coffee cups, making it hard to find anything.

      Her desk was a salad of papers, books, and coffee cups, making it hard to find anything.

    • The jury's verdict was a salad of conflicting opinions that left the judge puzzled.

      The jury's verdict was a salad of conflicting opinions that left the judge puzzled.

    • His speech was a salad of ideas from various sources, lacking a clear central theme.

      His speech was a salad of ideas from various sources, lacking a clear central theme.

Examples:

  • EN: - Yes, even some salad.
    ES: y comió un poco de ensalada
  • EN: Ў Always toast, salad and nuts!
    ES: ¡Siempre tostadas, ensalada y frutos secos!
  • EN: And, uh, hearts of palm tree salad a la vinaigrette, yeah,
    ES: Y también ensalada de cogollos a la vinagreta. Sí.
  • EN: Some champignon salad?
    ES: ¿Ensalada de champiñones?
  • EN: Hash brown, consommée and salad and I want gobs and gobs and gobs of oil.
    ES: Croquetas de patata hervida y cebolla, consomé y ensalada y quiero un montón, un montón, un montón de aceite.
  • EN: In the kitchen, he shows the cook how to prepare an "ox-muzzle salad".
    ES: ¿Dónde está el sr. Weidenau? En la cocina, le enseña a la cocinera cómo se prepara una ensalada de morro de buey.
  • EN: Ox-muzzle salad?
    ES: - ¿En la cocina?
  • EN: Well, doesn't that salad look good?
    ES: La ensalada tiene una cara estupenda.
  • EN: Get me some buckwheat cakes, fried chicken, fried potatoes, beans, corn, pudding, salad, and a nice cup of coffee.
    ES: Consígueme algunas tortas de trigo sarraceno, pollo frito, patatas fritas, habichuelas, maíz, budín, ensalada y una buena taza de café.
  • EN: How is the potato salad?
    ES: ¿Cómo está la ensalada de papas?
  • EN: Get 10 cents'worth of potato salad too.
    ES: ¡Y también compra 10 centavos de ensalada de papa!
  • EN: - Did you fix the salad like I told you, Ruby?
    ES: - ¿Hiciste la ensalada como te dije, Ruby?
  • EN: Miss West always takes French bread with her salad.
    ES: La señorita West siempre toma pan francés con la ensalada.
  • EN: I don't want salad.
    ES: -No quiero ensalada.
  • EN: Mock turtle soup, chicken pot pie, hashed brown potatoes, combination salad and pie à la mode.
    ES: Oh... sopa de tortuga, pastel de pollo cocido, patatas sofritas, ensalada combinada... y pastel a la mode.
  • EN: In the kitchen, he shows the cook how to prepare an "ox-muzzle salad".
    ES: ¿Dónde está el sr. Weidenau? En la cocina, le enseña a la cocinera cómo se prepara una ensalada de morro de buey.
  • EN: Ox-muzzle salad?
    ES: - ¿En la cocina?
  • EN: - Yes, even some salad.
    ES: y comió un poco de ensalada
  • EN: Ў Always toast, salad and nuts!
    ES: ¡Siempre tostadas, ensalada y frutos secos!
  • EN: And, uh, hearts of palm tree salad a la vinaigrette, yeah,
    ES: Y también ensalada de cogollos a la vinagreta. Sí.
  • EN: Some champignon salad?
    ES: ¿Ensalada de champiñones?
  • EN: Hash brown, consommée and salad and I want gobs and gobs and gobs of oil.
    ES: Croquetas de patata hervida y cebolla, consomé y ensalada y quiero un montón, un montón, un montón de aceite.
  • EN: Well, doesn't that salad look good?
    ES: La ensalada tiene una cara estupenda.
  • EN: Get me some buckwheat cakes, fried chicken, fried potatoes, beans, corn, pudding, salad, and a nice cup of coffee.
    ES: Consígueme algunas tortas de trigo sarraceno, pollo frito, patatas fritas, habichuelas, maíz, budín, ensalada y una buena taza de café.
  • EN: How is the potato salad?
    ES: ¿Cómo está la ensalada de papas?
  • EN: Get 10 cents'worth of potato salad too.
    ES: ¡Y también compra 10 centavos de ensalada de papa!
  • EN: - Did you fix the salad like I told you, Ruby?
    ES: - ¿Hiciste la ensalada como te dije, Ruby?
  • EN: Miss West always takes French bread with her salad.
    ES: La señorita West siempre toma pan francés con la ensalada.
  • EN: I don't want salad.
    ES: -No quiero ensalada.
  • EN: Mock turtle soup, chicken pot pie, hashed brown potatoes, combination salad and pie à la mode.
    ES: Oh... sopa de tortuga, pastel de pollo cocido, patatas sofritas, ensalada combinada... y pastel a la mode.

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