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| bowl1 |
A bowl is a deep dish used for holding certain kinds of food. It is usually round, and it's good for holding things that might spill. We put things like salad, soup, cereal, and chips in bowls. [1/2 definitions] |
| coleslaw |
a salad made of shredded cabbage and a dressing. |
| dressing |
A dressing is a sauce that we put on certain foods. The most common type of dressing is for salads. Most salad dressings contain oil, a little vinegar, and other things for flavor. [1/3 definitions] |
| few |
Few is a small number of people or things. If many guests came to a party but few ate the fruit salad, it means that only a small number of people ate the fruit salad. [1/2 definitions] |
| garlic |
Garlic is a certain plant that is related to the onion. Garlic is also the part of this plant that people can eat. Garlic has a strong taste and smell that many people like and other people don't like. It is often used in foods like spaghetti sauce, pizza, sausage, and salad dressing. A lot of foods have garlic in them even if people don't realize it. |
| lettuce |
leaves of this plant used as food in salad or sandwiches. [1/2 definitions] |
| olive |
An olive is a small green or black fruit with a hard seed inside. Olives are not sweet fruits. Most olives that we eat are prepared with a lot of salt and water. Olives have natural oil in them. The oil can be pressed out and used for cooking or for salad dressing. [1/4 definitions] |
| raw |
When something is raw, like meat or a vegetable, it is not cooked. A salad usually has a lot of raw vegetables. [1/4 definitions] |
| salad |
A salad is a mixture of raw vegetables. You can eat salad with a meal or as a meal. A salad often has lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, and onions. Sometimes things like cold meats or cheese are added to the vegetables. [2 definitions] |
| thin |
When a liquid is thin, it is kind of like water. It is not thick. Some salad dressings are thin, for example. They come quickly out of the bottle and they drip quickly over the vegetables. Some dressings are thicker, though, and they come out more slowly and stick to the pieces of salad. [1/6 definitions] |
| toss |
When you toss a salad, you mix it up gently, especially so that the different pieces can get some of the dressing that is put on it. [1/7 definitions] |
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