salad year
The inexperienced, youthful prime of a person, group, organization, or entity.
The author’s novels from her salad years lacked the sophistication and depth of her later works.
salad
UK /ˈsæl.əd/ US /ˈsæl.ɪd/
noun 5
Collocations
17ADJ
fresh | crisp, crunchy | limp | green, mixed, potato, rice, tomato, etc. | fruit | chicken, ham, etc. | side
VERB + SALAD
make, prepare | toss | dress | serve sth with | come with
SALAD + NOUN
greens, leaves | cream, dressing | garnish | bowl | bar
Definitions
noun
1
A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.
Lafeu. ’Twas a good lady, ’twas a good lady: we may pick a thousand salads ere we light on such another herb. Clown. Indeed, sir, she was the sweet marjoram of the salad, or rather, the herb of grace.
At various times and in different areas salads, compounded of meats, spices, tubers have been treated as of aphrodisiac value.
2
A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.
romaine salad
kale salad
3
A raw vegetable of the kind used in salads.
sandwiches comprising a meat, a cheese, a salad, and a condiment
4
Any varied blend or mixture.
Rebuffed by the Arabs and then the Iranians for trying to be part of them and their societies, Pakistan is just a hotchpotch salad of people supposedly bound together by the myth of Muslim 'Ummah'.
5
Lettuce.
I prefer a little salad on my burger.
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Idioms & Phrases
salad days
A period of inexperienced youthful innocence accompanied by enthusiasm and idealism.
Cleo. Did I Charmian, euer loue Caeſar ſo? […] Char. By your moſt gracious pardon, I ſing but after you. Cleo. My Sallad dayes, When I was greene in iudgment, cold in blood[…]
Example Bank
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Lafeu. ’Twas a good lady, ’twas a good lady: we may pick a thousand salads ere we light on such another herb. Clown. Indeed, sir, she was the sweet marjoram of the salad, or rather, the herb of grace.
Wiktionary02
At various times and in different areas salads, compounded of meats, spices, tubers have been treated as of aphrodisiac value.
Wiktionary03
chicken salad
Wiktionary04
I like cold potato salad in the summertime.
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Would you like some more salad?
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We have no salad in the bowl.
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In some senses, salad is marked as idiomatic, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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