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Salad vs Tomato - What's the difference?

salad | tomato |

As nouns the difference between salad and tomato

is that salad is a food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise while tomato is a widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.

As a verb tomato is

to pelt with tomatoes.

salad

English

(wikipedia salad)

Alternative forms

* sallet

Noun

  • A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.
  • A raw vegetable of the kind used in salads.
  • Derived terms

    * caesar salad salad created by restaurateur Caesar Cardini * corn salad * egg salad * fruit salad * garden salad * Greek salad * * pasta salad * potato salad * salad bar * salad days * salad dodger * salad dressing * salad oil * seafood salad * Serbo-Croatian salad * Shopska salad * tomato salad salad made with tomatoes * tuna salad salad made with tuna * Waldorf salad salad made with celery, apples and walnuts * Watergate salad

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    tomato

    English

    (wikipedia tomato)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum , having edible fruit
  • The savory fruit of this plant, red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture
  • * Note: The US Supreme Court in Nix v. Hedden (1893) ruled that a tomato is a vegetable.
  • A shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.
  • (slang) A desirable-looking woman.
  • Lookit the legs on that hot tomato !
  • (slang) A stupid act or person.
  • Synonyms

    * * (obsolete)

    Derived terms

    {{der3, beef tomato , cherry tomato , plum tomato , tomato can , tomato juice , tomato paste , , tomato sauce , tomato soup , }}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to pelt with tomatoes
  • to add tomatoes to (a dish)
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