tuna fish salad
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ensalada de atún
- She prepared a creamy tuna fish salad with diced onions and pickles for the picnic.
I make the Matthew Mcconaughey's tuna fish salad.
- I make the Matthew Mcconaughey's tuna fish salad.
Examples
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l make a mean tuna fish salad sandwich.
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I make excellent tuna fish salad.
Fiction book (1990) -
He decides to drive to the market and pick up stuff for a tuna fish salad, a safe bet at any rate.
Fiction book (2000) -
Tuna fish salad on white bread with mayonnaise, a Tab and a couple of Twinkies.
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For lunch, I had a delicious tuna fish salad mixed with crunchy celery and mayonnaise.
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They enjoyed a hearty tuna fish salad sandwich while sitting in the park.
Synonyms
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A cold dish of small pieces of vegetables often served with a dressing
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A salad of chopped canned tuna mixed with mayonnaise and vegetables
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'tuna' (a type of fish) + 'fish' (reinforcing the protein source) + 'salad' (a prepared cold dish) yields a salad made from tuna fish. This is a straightforward noun-noun composition found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Tuna fish salad gets its name from the simple idea of putting tuna, the fish, into a salad with mayonnaise and chopped vegetables, so the main ingredient is clear. So it now means 'a salad made mainly with canned tuna'.