pasta salad

noun

A salad prepared with one or more types of pasta, almost always chilled, and most often tossed in a vinegar, oil, or mayonnaise-based dressing.

Meanings

nounpasta salad (plural pasta salads)

plural pasta salads

  1. A salad prepared with one or more types of pasta, almost always chilled, and most often tossed in a vinegar, oil, or mayonnaise-based dressing.

Translations

Danish pastasalat
  • pastasalatA dish prepared with pasta
Finnish pastasalaatti
  • pastasalaattiA dish prepared with pasta
German Nudelsalat
  • NudelsalatA dish prepared with pasta
Italian insalata di pasta, pasta fredda
  • insalata di pastaA dish prepared with pasta
  • pasta freddaA dish prepared with pasta
Japanese パスタサラダ
  • パスタサラダA dish prepared with pasta
Korean 파스타 샐러드
  • 파스타 샐러드 (paseuta saelleodeu)A dish prepared with pasta
Swedish pastasallad
  • pastasalladA dish prepared with pasta
Yiddish פּאַסטאַ־סאַלאַט
  • פּאַסטאַ־סאַלאַט (pasta-salat)A dish prepared with pasta
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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