Collocations for "salad"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "salad" in context.
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salad
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [green, mixed, potato, chicken, beef, tuna] salad
- [egg, fruit, pasta, rice] salad
- [Greek, Caesar, Thai] salad
- a [fresh, winter, summer, refreshing] salad
- a [crunchy, delicious, mouth-watering, healthy] salad
- [make, mix, toss, dress] a salad
- I'll have a [Greek] salad to start
- we had a side salad with our [dinner, meal, steak]
- the usual salad of [celebrities, politicians, film stars] attended the event
- a salad for [starters, entrée]
- salad with [chicken]
- salad [dressing, greens, leaves]
- salad [bowl, spoons, spinner]
- UK: salad cream
- an [egg] -salad sandwich
- [talking, reminiscing] about his salad days
'salad' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
almond
- artichoke
- avocado
- bacon
- basil
- beet
- bowl
- cabbage
- carrot
- celery
- cherry
- chicken
- chill
- chop
- coconut
- cooling
- corn
- crab
- cranberry
- crumble
- cucumber
- dress
- dressing
- fennel
- fillet
- fork
- fruit
- goat
- grapefruit
- grate
- graze
- green
- ice cream
- lettuce
- lobster
- lunch
- mussel
- olive
- pasta
- pineapple
- pomegranate
- pour
- prawn
- serving
- shrimp
- sirloin
- spinach
- sprout
- spurt
- squirt