Collins English-English Dictionary

salad ['sæləd]

1. 1. n a dish of raw vegetables, such as lettuce, tomatoes, etc, served as a separate course with cold meat, eggs, etc, or as part of a main course

2. 2. n any dish of cold vegetables or fruit

   potato salad

   fruit salad

3. 3. n any green vegetable used in such a dish, esp lettuce

4. 4. n [Etymology] C15: from Old French salade, from Old Provençal salada, from salar to season with salt, from Latin sal salt