salad dressing

American  

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of salad dressing

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

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

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

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

Extra virgin olive oil, for example, is packed with antioxidants and beneficial compounds but its low smoke point means it is better for salad dressings or drizzling over food rather than deep frying.

From BBC

And there’s something about their salad dressing that is exactly what my taste buds want in a salad dressing.

From Los Angeles Times