Cobb salad en · NOUN
Etymology
Developed by Robert Cobb of the Brown Derby restaurant circa 1937.
Meanings
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(US) A salad consisting of iceberg lettuce, watercress, endive and Romaine lettuce with tomato, bacon, chicken, hard-boiled egg, avocado, chives, Roquefort cheese and a red wine vinaigrette.
She ignores: olives, blue cheese, boiled eggs, bacon and avocado – in other words, all of the parts of the Cobb salad that, technically speaking, make it a Cobb salad.
2010, Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad, Corsair (2011), page 180:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cobb salads | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (5)
cmn 科布沙拉 (salad) · es ensalada Cobb (salad) · fi Cobb-salaatti (salad) · ru сала́т Кобб (salad) · fr salade Cobb (salad)