salad

Everyday

1. A salad is a cold dish of mixed vegetables, like lettuce, tomato and cucumber, often with a dressing. tree →
2. A fruit salad is a mix of cut-up fruit. tree →
3. A salad can also have pasta, rice, eggs, cheese or meat in it. tree →

In the lessons

a food item bought or made; counted in bowls or plates, or made from amounts of vegetables; in health: salads give vitamins and fibre, part of a balanced diet; in everyday life: wash vegetables before making a salad, use a knife carefully; phrases: «side salad», «fruit salad», «salad dressing»

Examples

• A salad costs 4 dollars. tree →
• Mom used 3 tomatoes and 2 cucumbers for the salad. tree →
• The café sold 26 salads today. tree →
• Each bowl of fruit salad has 5 strawberries. tree →
• Wash the lettuce before you make the salad. tree →
• I'd like a side salad with my sandwich, please. tree →
• Salads are full of vitamins. tree →
• We made a fruit salad with apples, grapes and bananas. tree →
• This last delicacy played a principal part in the salad. tree →

Note

Carries no clue to the operation; it names an item with a price or the parts it is made of. Trap: the parts of a salad may need to be added to find the total. Countable: a salad, two salads.