egg salad

noun

A dish made primarily of chopped hard-boiled eggs and mayonnaise, often including other ingredients such as celery or mustard; it is frequently used as a sandwich spread.

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Meanings

nounegg salad (usually uncountable, plural egg salads)

plural egg salads · alternative eggsalad

  1. uncountableusuallyA dish made primarily of chopped hard-boiled eggs and mayonnaise, often including other ingredients such as celery or mustard; it is frequently used as a sandwich spread.

Translations

Arabic سَلَطَة بَيْض
  • سَلَطَة بَيْضdish made of hard-boiled eggs
Finnish amerikkalainen munasalaatti
  • amerikkalainen munasalaattidish made of hard-boiled eggs
German Eiersalat
  • Eiersalatdish made of hard-boiled eggs
Greek αυγοσαλάτα
  • αυγοσαλάτα (avgosaláta)dish made of hard-boiled eggs
Portuguese salada de ovo
  • salada de ovodish made of hard-boiled eggs
Russian яи́чный сала́т
  • яи́чный сала́т (jaíčnyj salát)dish made of hard-boiled eggs
Spanish ensalada de huevo
  • ensalada de huevodish made of hard-boiled eggs
Cite this entry
APA

egg salad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egg%20salad

MLA

“egg salad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egg%20salad. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “egg salad,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egg%20salad.

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