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  • 101salad days — noun the best time of youth • Syn: ↑bloom, ↑bloom of youth • Hypernyms: ↑time of life • Part Holonyms: ↑youth * * * noun [plural] somewhat old fashioned 1 : the per …

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  • 102salad fork — noun a fork intended for eating salads • Hypernyms: ↑fork * * * noun : a short broad four tined fork used in eating salad or pastry * * * a small, broad fork, usually one of a set, for eating salad or dessert. [1915 20] …

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  • 103salad greens — noun greens suitable for eating uncooked as in salads • Syn: ↑salad green • Hypernyms: ↑greens, ↑green, ↑leafy vegetable • Hyponyms: ↑lettuce, ↑celtuce, ↑ …

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  • 104salad days — {n. phr.}, {informal} The period of one s youth; a period of inexperience. * /He was silly and immature during his salad days in high school./ …

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  • 105salad days — {n. phr.}, {informal} The period of one s youth; a period of inexperience. * /He was silly and immature during his salad days in high school./ …

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  • 106salad — noun Etymology: Middle English salade, from Middle French, from Old Italian (northern dialects) salata, salada, from salar to salt, from sal salt, from Latin Date: 14th century 1. any of various usually cold dishes: as a. raw greens (as lettuce)… …

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  • 107salad bar — noun Date: 1937 a self service counter (as in a restaurant) featuring an array of salad makings and dressings …

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  • 108salad days — noun plural Date: 1606 time of youthful inexperience or indiscretion < my salad days when I was green in judgment Shakespeare >; also an early flourishing period ; heyday …

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  • 109salad oil — noun Date: 1537 an edible vegetable oil suitable for use in salad dressings …

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  • 110salad bar — an assortment of salad ingredients, condiments, and dressings displayed on a serving table or counter, as at a restaurant, so that one can choose and combine ingredients freely. [1970 75] * * * …

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