salad dressing

American  

noun

salad dressings plural

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

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salad dressing British  

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• salad dressings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of salad dressing

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

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salad dressing

Even before Sunday’s championship match between Spain and Argentina, there had been some clear winners at the World Cup that was co-hosted by the U.S., ranging from Cape Verde’s goalie to ranch salad dressing.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 19, 2026

Ranch is now the No. 1 salad dressing in the U.S. and used 50% more than Caesar at No. 2, according to Circana.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

A California food manufacturer is recalling thousands of cases of salad dressing distributed to major retailers over potential contamination from “foreign objects.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2025

These molecules naturally cluster into thread-like shapes, somewhat like the separation that occurs when oil and vinegar form layers in salad dressing.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2025

It’s in the salad dressing too, and the sauces for the nuggets, not to mention Isaac’s dessert.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan