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candle salad

candle salad noun: a children's dish, composed of leaves of lettuce, pineapple rings, a banana, a cherry, mayonnaise, assembled to look like a lit candle in a candleholder, popular in mid-century United States.

candle salad: a children's dish, composed of leaves of lettuce, pineapple rings, a banana, a cherry, mayonnaise,...
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Noun

candle salad (plural candle salads)

  1. (US) A children's dish, composed of leaves of lettuce, pineapple rings, a banana, a cherry, mayonnaise, assembled to look like a lit candle in a candleholder, popular in mid-century United States.

Forms of candle salad

pluralcandle salads

Questions about candle salad

What does candle salad mean?
Candle salad means a children's dish, composed of leaves of lettuce, pineapple rings, a banana, a cherry, mayonnaise, assembled to look like a lit candle in a candleholder, popular in mid-century United States.
What part of speech is candle salad?
Candle salad is a noun.
What is the plural of candle salad?
The plural of candle salad is candle salads.

Words near candle salad in the dictionary

  1. candle in the wind
  2. candle light
  3. candle magick
  4. candle power
  5. candle powers
  6. candle salad
  7. candle snuffer
  8. candle snuffers
  9. CANDLE syndrome
  10. candle tree
  11. candle trees

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