a usually cold dish consisting of vegetables, as lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, covered with a dressing and sometimes containing seafood, meat, or eggs.

any of various dishes consisting of foods, as meat, seafood, eggs, pasta, or fruit, prepared singly or combined, usually cut up, mixed with a dressing, and served cold

chicken salad; potato salad.

any herb or green vegetable, as lettuce, used for salads or eaten raw.

South Midland and Southern U.S. greens.

any mixture or assortment

The usual salad of writers, artists, and musicians attended the party.

noun

coleslaw , fruit salad , greens , mixed greens , potato salad , tossed salad , waldorf salad , aspic , associated word: acetarious , slaw