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herring salad

herring salad

5.1
A cold salad that uses pickled herring and vegetables like beets or potatoes
  • noun
translation icon : ensalada de arenque
  • For lunch, I made a delicious herring salad with beets and potatoes.

Examples

  • At the summer picnic, everyone enjoyed the fresh herring salad as a perfect side dish.

  • The recipe calls for pickled herring salad, chopped vegetables, and a tangy dressing to create a refreshing dish.

  • I still remember my mom's eggs always bringing a huge bowl of herring salad every Christmas.

Synonyms

salad
vsherring salad
550 1.0

A cold dish of small pieces of vegetables often served with a dressing

is centered on pickled fish and often includes eggs or potatoes

Surface Forms

herring salad singular
herring salads plural

Morphology

herring + salad

The meaning 'a salad made with pickled herring' is directly and compositionally derived from 'herring' (a type of fish) plus 'salad' (a cold mixed dish). This straightforward noun–noun combination is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand it denotes a salad containing herring.

Etymology

Herring salad comes from the simple picture of chopped, pickled herring mixed with vegetables, eggs, or potatoes and served cold as a shared salad. So the name is literal: it means 'a salad made with pickled herring' and explains why the dish tastes strong and salty.