Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- Also vinegarette. a small, ornamental bottle or box for holding aromatic vinegar, smelling salts, or the like.
- vinaigrette sauce.
adjective
- (of a food, as asparagus or artichoke) served with a sauce made with vinegar or with vinaigrette sauce.
noun
- Also called: vinegarette a small decorative bottle or box with a perforated top, used for holding smelling salts, etc
- Also called: vinaigrette sauce a salad dressing made from oil and vinegar with seasonings; French dressing
adjective
- served with vinaigrette
1690s, a type of condiment, from French vinaigrette, diminutive of vinaigre “(aromatic) vinegar” (see vinegar). Modern sense of a type of dressing for salads or cold vegetables is attested from 1877.