"French dressing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: French dressings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} French dressing (usually uncountable, plural French dressings)
  1. A mixture of vinegar, oil and other herbs or flavourings (vinaigrette). Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Salad dressings Translations (mixture of vinegar, oil and other herbs or flavourings): ranskalainen salaattikastike (Finnish), vinaigrette [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-French_dressing-en-noun-po9FoYQa Disambiguation of Salad dressings: 11 46 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 44 44 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 43 42 Disambiguation of 'mixture of vinegar, oil and other herbs or flavourings': 73 14 14
  2. (US) A salad dressing that is a uniform viscous sauce with a tangy sweet flavor. It is generally made from vegetable oil, vinegar, ketchup (or tomato puree), water, paprika, other spices, and sweeteners. Tags: US, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Condiments, Salad dressings
    Sense id: en-French_dressing-en-noun-zDdsSV2R Disambiguation of Condiments: 15 48 36 Disambiguation of Salad dressings: 11 46 42 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 44 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 45 45 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 43 42
  3. (Canada) A salad dressing that is a uniform viscous sauce with a tangy sweet flavour. It is generally made from vegetable oil, vinegar, mustard, honey, water, and spices. Tags: Canada, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Salad dressings
    Sense id: en-French_dressing-en-noun-BbAgS6-y Disambiguation of Salad dressings: 11 46 42 Categories (other): Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 44 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 45 45 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 43 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: French salad dressing, vinaigrette Synonyms (U.S. viscous dressing): Catalina dressing Hypernyms: salad dressing Coordinate_terms: Italian dressing (english: vinegar, oil, herbs and spices; a vinaigrette) Translations (Canada: a salad dressing): vinaigrette française [feminine] (French), vinaigrette à la française [feminine] (French) Translations (US: a salad dressing): amerikkalainen salaattikastike (Finnish), vinaigrette française [feminine] (French)
Disambiguation of 'U.S. viscous dressing': 4 47 48 Disambiguation of 'Canada: a salad dressing': 4 48 48 Disambiguation of 'US: a salad dressing': 4 47 49

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