fruit salad

American  

noun

fruit salads plural

1. a cold dish consisting of various types of small or cut-up fruit, usually served as a dessert or first course.

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fruit salad British  

noun

1. a dish consisting of sweet fruits cut up and served in a syrup: often sold canned

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• fruit salads
  plural

Etymology

Origin of fruit salad

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

Why can’t a fruit salad be sturdy, savory, even a little edgy?

From Salon • May 31, 2025

“The uniform in itself was one thing, all that salad dressing — fruit salad, we’d call it — his medals. Once I put that jacket on, I became the commander in chief.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2024

What impressed this 11-year-old more was that our last remaining can of fruit salad came down from the pantry.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024

In Greece and Turkey, for example, tomato sauce comes spiked with cinnamon, and in Mexico, fruit salad is sprinkled with cayenne pepper.

From Washington Times • Jul. 13, 2023

A soufflé was handed, and a bowl of fruit salad.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

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• potato salad