pasta salad
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- noun
- /ˈpɑːstə ˈsæləd/
:
ensalada de pasta
- At the picnic, everyone enjoyed the refreshing pasta salad made with fresh vegetables and dressing.
- pasta salad with pesto
- vegetable pasta salad
- bean pasta salad
Examples
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I served up the remains of the pasta salad I'd taken to yesterday's picnic and heated a couple of rolls.
Fiction book (1990) -
- I'll have the pasta salad and the crepes Suzette for dessert, please.
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Anyway, hope you like this pasta salad!
Blog text (28) -
My dad started making this pasta salad to take to the free concerts we would go to in town.
Blog text (20) -
Why don't you try some of the pasta salad?
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We ate pasta salad and fancy sandwiches, and then, around nine, someone put a record on the stereo and people started dancing.
Fiction book (1992) -
So, I invited over one of my best girlfriends to bear the Houston heat and have some chicken pasta salad on the patio.
Blog text (20) -
It has been a while since we packed up a cooler with chicken pasta salad and a few canoe seats.
Blog text (20) -
Throw together some fresh broccoli, red grapes, turkey bacon, and chopped pecans, and you've got the perfect pasta salad for any occasion!
Blog text (28) -
For the potluck, I prepared a delicious pasta salad with olives, bell peppers, and feta cheese.
Synonyms
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A cold dish of small pieces of vegetables often served with a dressing
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A cold salad of cooked macaroni mixed with mayonnaise and vegetables
How Filling
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a cold salad made with cooked pasta' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'pasta' (a wheat-based food) with 'salad' (a mixed cold dish), i.e. a salad whose main ingredient is pasta. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g. Spanish 'ensalada de pasta', French 'salade de pâtes'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Pasta salad creates a clear picture: cooked pasta is used like salad leaves and mixed with vegetables, cheese, or dressing. That's why pasta salad means a 'cold' salad made from cooked pasta and other ingredients.