Phrase guide

Waldorf salad

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of salad, consisting of apple, nuts (especially walnuts), celery, and mayonnaise or a mayonnaise-based dressing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Would you like some Waldorf salad?
  • Of all the Waldorf salads I've tasted, this is the finest.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

typically made of apples and celery with nuts or raisins and dressed with mayonnaise

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fruit salad

History

Etymology

Named after the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, where the salad was first created in 1896, from the surname Waldorf, after the German town Walldorf.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: waldorfinsalaatti — type of salad
  • French: salade Waldorf — type of salad
  • German: Waldorfsalat — type of salad