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caprese salad

caprese salad noun: an Italian salad of sliced fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and basil, seasoned with salt and olive oil.

caprese salad: an Italian salad of sliced fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and basil, seasoned with salt and olive oil
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Noun (1)

caprese salad (countable and uncountable, plural caprese salads)

  1. An Italian salad of sliced fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and basil, seasoned with salt and olive oil.

Noun (2) capitalized: Caprese salad

Caprese salad (countable and uncountable, plural Caprese salads)

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of caprese salad.

Forms of caprese salad

pluralcaprese salads
alternative formCaprese salad
alternative formcaprese
pluralCaprese salads

Origin of caprese salad

From Italian insalata caprese.

Questions about caprese salad

What does caprese salad mean?
Caprese salad means an Italian salad of sliced fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and basil, seasoned with salt and olive oil.
What part of speech is caprese salad?
Caprese salad is a noun.
What is the plural of caprese salad?
The plural of caprese salad is caprese salads.

Words near caprese salad in the dictionary

  1. capreols
  2. capreomycidine
  3. capreomycin
  4. capreomycins
  5. caprese
  6. caprese salad
  7. caprese salads
  8. capreses
  9. capretto
  10. caprettos
  11. capri

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