Used in a Sentence

salad

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for salad.

Editorial note

Some want just a salad, while others want salad, a main course, and dessert.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Especially, such a mixture whose principal base is greens, most especially lettuce.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of salad gathered in one view.

noun

Especially, such a mixture whose principal base is greens, most especially lettuce.

noun

A raw vegetable of the kind used in salads.

noun

(idiomatic) Any varied blend or mixture.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for salad.

noun

Especially, such a mixture whose principal base is greens, most especially lettuce.

noun

A raw vegetable of the kind used in salads.

noun

(idiomatic) Any varied blend or mixture.

noun

A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.

Example sentences

1

Some want just a salad, while others want salad, a main course, and dessert.

2

If someone with a mental illness writes a word salad, it can be dismissed as a word salad, not because the write has mental issues, but becasue the writing is a word salad.

3

That's 25g per day - around 5 times the olive oil you'd put in a portion of salad.

4

Eating 1800kcal of white bread, salad and skinless chicken breast will leave you with a raging hunger.

5

In the salad bowl metaphor, each wave keeps what makes them distinctive while physically mixing with all the other groups.

6

Yes it is not as healthy as a salad but it is much more fun.

7

We've probably reached the point where MBAs and the like have very few olives left to remove from the employee salad.

8

I like to put it on food after it's cooked, such as drizzling it over pasta or salad.

9

A steak and big salad slathered in olive oil can be even more satifying.

10

Try a nice salad instead, I can recommend any of the Ottelenghi cookbooks if you don't have any good ideas!

11

She would now slap out of any one's hands if they even tried to use Virgin Olive Oil on anything besides salad dressings and hummus.

12

I included it in my weekly diet few years ago (along with walnuts and red wine) as meat/fish seasoning and salad dressing.

Quote examples

1

The amount of jokes ("ah,rabbit food" pointing to the salad) gets old and annoying fast.

2

However, go back about 40 or 50 years to the salad days, and there was no such thing as "the print edition".

3

Soma.fm's "Groove Salad" online radio station is a good example of such music.

4

This prevents a Tragedy of the Commons, especially with large groups of people whom you do not know well, where there is a real possibility that their Wall Street d-bag friends order the lobster bisque, filet mignon and champagne and expect everyone else ordering a side salad to subsidize their stockbroker-but-has-a-subzero-balancesheet "lifestyle." Don't be a sucker.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use salad in a sentence?

Some want just a salad, while others want salad, a main course, and dessert.

What does salad mean?

Especially, such a mixture whose principal base is greens, most especially lettuce.

What part of speech is salad?

salad is commonly used as noun.