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mayonnaise
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mayonnaise has 1 sense
- mayonnaise(n = noun.food) mayo - egg yolks and oil and vinegar; Array is a kind of dressing, salad dressing
has particulars: green mayonnaise, sauce verte
CIDE DICTIONARY
mayonnaise, n. [F.].
A thick white sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency near to that of a gel, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; -- used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish dressed with this sauce. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mayonnaise, n.
1 a thick creamy dressing made of egg-yolks, oil, vinegar, etc.
2 a (usu. specified) dish dressed with this (chicken mayonnaise).
1 a thick creamy dressing made of egg-yolks, oil, vinegar, etc.
2 a (usu. specified) dish dressed with this (chicken mayonnaise).
Etymology
F, perh. f. mahonnais -aise of Port Mahon on Minorca
DEVIL DICTIONARY
mayonnaise
n. One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
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