macaroni salad
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- noun
- /ˌmækəˈroʊni ˈsæləd/
- US
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ensalada de macarrones
- The store offers a variety of dishes, but their macaroni salad is the most popular among customers.
- a scoop of macaroni salad
- bring her famous macaroni salad
Examples
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"Lost Child"—in the Gazette, the ladies from the neighborhood felt sorry for JB and brought over macaroni salad and loaves of braided bread.
Fiction book (1999) -
I'’m eating macaroni salad.
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I really like the macaroni salad.
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"My mother always made macaroni salad."
Fiction book (1996) -
- I'll have a macaroni salad.
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You know, when I eat macaroni salad, I-I get bloated.
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We have cottage cheese, macaroni salad, - coleslaw... -
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My personal favorite is the macaroni salad, but today's potato salad was recommended by Ross.
Blog text (12) -
I need a pound of turkey and a half-pint of macaroni salad, please.
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At the picnic, we enjoyed delicious macaroni salad alongside grilled chicken and corn on the cob.
Synonyms
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A cold dish of small pieces of vegetables often served with a dressing
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A cold dish of small cooked noodles mixed with vegetables and dressing
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning of 'macaroni salad' is directly and compositionally derived from 'macaroni' (a type of pasta) plus 'salad' (a mixed cold dish), so a learner who knows both words can infer it is a cold dish made with macaroni and other ingredients. This is a productive noun+noun compound found across languages, making the relation transparent for B1 learners.
Etymology
Macaroni salad comes from a simple idea: cooked macaroni pasta mixed with cold mayonnaise or sauce becomes a salad you can serve as a side at picnics and family meals. That's why the name means 'a cold salad made from macaroni'.