Italian dressing

English

Etymology

Named by Americans in the 20th century for this dressing's inspiration from vinaigrettes made by Italians and Italian-Americans, although the present-day formulations sold on supermarket shelves are somewhat different from those origins. More at Wikipedia.

Noun

Italian dressing (countable and uncountable, plural Italian dressings)

1. A North American vinaigrette-type salad dressing consisting of water, vinegar or lemon juice, vegetable oil, chopped bell peppers, usually sugar or corn syrup, and numerous herbs and spices.

Synonyms

• Italian salad dressing

Hypernyms

• vinaigrette
• salad dressing

Coordinate terms

• French dressing (in its vinaigrette sense, similar)