thousand island dressing
Noun: A creamy, pinkish-orange salad dressing consisting primarily of mayonnaise combined with chili sauce or ketchup, and typically containing finely chopped ingredients such as olives, pickles or peppers, and hard-cooked egg.
This term is used exclusively as a compound noun to refer to a specific type of condiment. It is a mass noun (uncountable). * Would you like thousand island dressing on your salad? * This recipe for homemade thousand island dressing calls for sweet pickle relish. * The burger was served with thousand island dressing.
- She always orders her salad with thousand island dressing on the side.
- The classic Reuben sandwich is traditionally made with corned beef, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, rye bread, and thousand island dressing.
- For a lighter version, you can mix yogurt with a small amount of thousand island dressing.
The name is often capitalized as Thousand Island Dressing, referencing its purported origin in the Thousand Islands region along the border of the United States and Canada.
- Dressing (n): A general term for a sauce for salads, typically based on oil and vinegar, mayonnaise, or dairy products.
- Mayonnaise (n): A thick, creamy dressing made of egg yolks, oil, and vinegar or lemon juice, which forms the base of thousand island dressing.
- Russian dressing (n): A similar pink dressing that is often spicier and may not contain the same chopped ingredients.
- There are no direct one-word synonyms for this specific compound noun. Descriptive phrases like "a pink, creamy salad dressing with chopped pickles and egg" can be used.
- Salad dressing: The broader category to which it belongs.
- Burger sauce: In some contexts, a similar sauce used on hamburgers may be compared to or based on thousand island dressing.
"Thousand island dressing" is a fixed lexical compound. It is not used idiomatically or as part of phrasal verbs. The individual words "thousand," "island," and "dressing" carry their standard meanings only when used separately.
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mayonnaise with chili sauce or catsup and minced olives and peppers and hard-cooked egg
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