Definition of Fruit salad

1. Noun. Salad composed of fruits.

Generic synonyms: Salad
Specialized synonyms: Waldorf Salad

Definition of Fruit salad

1. Noun. A mixture of freshly cut fruit in a light fruit juice, sometimes with the addition of some alcohol, served as a dessert. ¹

2. Noun. A canned mixture of chopped fruit in a syrup. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fruit Salad

fruit doves
fruit drink
fruit flies
fruit fly
fruit grower
fruit juice
fruit loops
fruit machines
fruit of one's loins
fruit of the poisonous tree
fruit of the union
fruit pigeon
fruit pigeons
fruit punch
fruit salad (current term)
fruit salads
fruit sugar
fruit tree
fruit trees
fruitage
fruitages
fruitarian
fruitarianism
fruitarians
fruitbat
fruitbats
fruitcakes
fruiteater

Literary usage of Fruit salad

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"... but the extraordinary bounty of the abbot, sometimes indulged them with the luxury of cheese, fruit, salad, and the small dried fish of the Nile. ..."

2. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896)
"fruit salad I. Arrange alternate layers of shredded pineapple, sliced bananas, ... fruit salad II. Pare a pineapple and cut in one-quarter inch slices, ..."

3. The American Salad Book by Maximilian De Loup (1900)
"French fruit salad. Keep the fruit in a cold place until ready to prepare ... French fruit salad No. 2. This is a combination fruit salad that can be made ..."

4. The American Salad Book by Maximilian De Loup (1899)
"French fruit salad. Keep the fruit in a cold place until ready to prepare ... French fruit salad No. 2. This is a combination fruit salad that can be made ..."

5. Aunt Caroline's Dixieland Recipes by Emma McKinney, William McKinney (1922)
"FROZEN fruit salad Two cans of white cherries, One can of sliced pineapple, One can of pears, One half dozen oranges, Three pints of cream, ..."

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