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{
"term": "salad",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"image": "data/images/ve/vegetables_salad.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a mixture of raw vegetables such as lettuce, tomato and cucumber, usually served with other food as part of a meal",
"labels": "(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "All main courses come with salad or vegetables."
},
{
"text": "Is cold meat and salad OK for lunch?"
},
{
"text": "a **side salad** *(= a small bowl of salad served with the main course of a meal)*"
},
{
"text": "a **salad bowl** *(= a large bowl for serving salad in)*"
},
{
"text": "a salad sandwich"
},
{
"text": "Toss the salad with the dressing."
},
{
"text": "She tossed and dressed the salad."
},
{
"text": "The sandwiches came with a rather limp salad garnish."
}
],
"topics": ["Food"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["fresh", "crisp", "crunchy"],
"verb + salad": ["eat", "make", "prepare"],
"salad + noun": ["greens", "leaves", "cream"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "meat, fish, cheese, etc. served with salad",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a chicken/tuna/seafood/egg salad"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["fresh", "crisp", "crunchy"],
"verb + salad": ["eat", "make", "prepare"],
"salad + noun": ["greens", "leaves", "cream"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "raw or cooked vegetables, etc. that are cut into small pieces, often mixed with mayonnaise and served cold with other food",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "potato salad"
},
{
"text": "a pasta salad"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["fresh", "crisp", "crunchy"],
"verb + salad": ["eat", "make", "prepare"],
"salad + noun": ["greens", "leaves", "cream"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "any green vegetable, especially lettuce, that is eaten raw in a salad",
"examples": [
{
"text": "salad plants/leaves"
},
{
"text": "baby octopus served with salad greens"
},
{
"text": "Sow salads like lettuce, rocket and spring onions."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["fresh", "crisp", "crunchy"],
"verb + salad": ["eat", "make", "prepare"],
"salad + noun": ["greens", "leaves", "cream"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the time when you are young and do not have much experience of life",
"labels": "(old-fashioned)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsæləd/",
"audio": "sa/salad/salad__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsæləd/",
"audio": "sa/salad/salad__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French salade, from Provençal salada, based on Latin sal ‘salt’."
}