salad dressing

noun

a sauce for a salad, usually with a base of oil and vinegar or of mayonnaise.

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Origin of salad dressing

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby salad dressing

salad bar, salad basket, salad bowl, salad burnet, salad days, salad dressing, salade, salade niçoise, salad fork, salad green, Saladin
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salad dressing

noun

a sauce for salad, such as oil and vinegar or mayonnaise
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