salad fork
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- noun
- /ˈsæləd fɔrk/
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tenedor para ensaladas
- She quickly grabbed a salad fork to serve herself some fresh greens from the bowl.
Examples
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At the picnic, everyone enjoyed their Caesar salads with a salad fork to make eating easier.
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You know, sometimes I eat my whole meal just using my salad fork.
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and the salad fork to the right of the fish fork.
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Do I grab the salad fork or spoon?
Blog text (20) -
As he walked away, Kelsey picked up her salad fork and began to eat with every appearance of interest.
Fiction book (1995) -
Vivian proudly reaches for her salad fork.
Fiction book (1990) -
She reaches for the wrong fork, corrects herself, and picks the salad fork.
Fiction book (2001) -
James was staring down at his plate for all of this, mixing together his turnips and mashed potatoes with his salad fork.
Fiction book (1994) -
For dinner, I set the table with a plate and a salad fork for each person.
Synonyms
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A small tool with pointed prongs used to eat or pick up food
How Big
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a fork used for eating salads' is directly and transparently derived from the constituents 'salad' (a dish) + 'fork' (a utensil). This simple noun–noun compound follows standard English composition patterns and has clear counterparts in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Salad fork comes from the simple idea that this small fork was made and placed at the table to eat salad or other small starter dishes. That's why today a salad fork means the special small fork you use for the 'starter' rather than the main course.