n.1 a cold dish of various mixtures of raw or cooked vegetables or herbs, usu. seasoned with oil, vinegar, etc.
2 a vegetable or herb suitable for eating raw.
Phrases and idioms:
salad cream creamy salad-dressing. salad days a period of youthful inexperience. salad-dressing a mixture of oil, vinegar, etc., used with salad.
Etymology: ME f. OF salade f. Prov. salada ult. f. L sal salt