salad dressing
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of salad dressing
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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The new guidelines take a much harder line on added sugars, found in everything from cookies to salad dressing and bread.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 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
A food writer friend and I now send recipes back and forth — nothing too serious, just the kind of thing you'd text if you could send a sandwich or a salad dressing via USPS.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2025
This phenomenon can be observed in the kitchen with a salad dressing made of oil and vinegar.
From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2023
Mom sat at the kitchen table, still in her uniform, the black apron stained with salad dressing and other unidentifiable food particles.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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