1 [U,C] a mixture of raw vegetables such as LETTUCE, tomato and CUCUMBER, usually served with other food as part of a meal:
All main courses come with salad or vegetables. * Is cold meat and salad OK for lunch? * a side salad (= a small bowl of salad served with the main course of a meal) * a salad bowl (= a large bowl for serving salad in)
seealsoCAESARSALAD, GREENSALAD
2 [C,U] (in compounds) meat, fish, cheese, etc. served with salad:
a chicken / beef salad
3 [U,C] (in compounds) raw or cooked vegetables, etc. that are cut into small pieces, often mixed with MAYONNAISE and served cold with other food:
bean / carrot / potato salad * a pasta / rice salad
seealsoFRUITSALAD
4 [U] any green vegetable, especially LETTUCE, that is eaten raw in a salad:
salad leaves / plants
IDIOMS
your salad days (old-fashioned) the time when you are young and do not have much experience of life
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