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Waldorf salad

American  
[wawl-dawrf] / ˈwɔl dɔrf /

noun

  1. a salad of celery, diced apples, nuts, and mayonnaise.

Waldorf salad British  
/ ˈwɔːldɔːf /

noun

  1. a salad of diced apples, celery, and walnuts mixed with mayonnaise

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Etymology

Origin of Waldorf salad

1900–05; after the Waldorf- Astoria Hotel in New York City

Example Sentences

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Takeout: Enjoy a Christmas Eve meal for two including yellow endive Waldorf salad, poisson soup, roasted Iberico shoulder and more.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2022

The dish isn’t too dissimilar from Southern-style mayo-based potato salad or Waldorf salad.

From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2021

As The Times notes, the original Waldorf salad was simple when invented in 1893, but later variations have added raisins, walnuts, grapes, and … blue cheese.

From Salon • Sep. 1, 2019

Yet the Waldorf salad, which is currently served at two of its three restaurants and on the room-service menu, lives on — in cookbooks, at diners and even at restaurants known for ambitious cooking.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2017

They had been helping the hostess to serve the Waldorf salad and coffee and gingerbread.

From Main Street by Lewis, Sinclair

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