salad bar

noun

: a self-service counter (as in a restaurant) featuring an array of salad makings and dressings

Examples of salad bar in a Sentence

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The restaurant still boasts one of the most unique salad presentations – a tableside salad bar with stellar service. Joe Mutascio, IndyStar, 20 Feb. 2026 The dine-in dinner includes a salad bar, milk and coffee. Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 18 Feb. 2026 Perfect for pairing with a trip through their enormous salad bar and a scoop of mashed potatoes and creamed spinach (and timberline chili and mac and cheese), and one of their famous yeasty dinner rolls slathered with honey butter. Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026 Three million students were given access to in-school salad bars. Annie Levin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for salad bar

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of salad bar was in 1937

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“Salad bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salad%20bar. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.

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salad bar

noun
: a self-service counter in a restaurant featuring a selection of salad makings and dressings
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