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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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Sacramento County health inspectors closed the Elk Grove high school food service area after finding 55 rodent droppings on several locations including lids of to-go boxes under the salad bar and on the floor below the racks in the food equipment storage room. Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 21 Nov. 2025 Stay close to the salad bar, and the gimme girls will leave you alone. Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 31 Oct. 2025 Pick one, but don’t turn the Bloody Mary into a salad bar, or worse. The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2025 Ruby Tuesday smashed burger meal deal Sept. 18 burger meal deals start at $8.99, and include fries or tots with unlimited access to Ruby Tuesday’s salad bar. Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for salad bar

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 28 Nov. 2025.

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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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