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Waldorf salad

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Waldorf salad

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Named after the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, where the salad was first created in 1896, from the surname Waldorf, after the German town Walldorf.

noun Waldorf salads

  1. countable, uncountable A type of salad, consisting of apple, nuts (especially walnuts), celery, and mayonnaise or a mayonnaise-based dressing. Would you like some Waldorf salad?

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noun type of salad

Françaissalade Waldorf
DeutschWaldorfsalat

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@misc{waldorf_salad_2026,
  title = {Waldorf salad},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/waldorf%20salad},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}