salad basket

noun

a basket in which washed salad greens are swung or spun to remove excess water.

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Origin of salad basket

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby salad basket

salaam convulsion, salable, salacious, salad, salad bar, salad basket, salad bowl, salad burnet, salad days, salad dressing, salad fork
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Example sentences from the Web for salad basket

  • Outside, municipal guards receive the object and pack it into one of the compartments of the "salad-basket."

    813|Maurice Leblanc

  • Every one went to get some, and they took it in the salad-basket, and it was given to them with a skimmer.

    Italian Popular Tales|Thomas Frederick Crane