Mayonnaise

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  mayonnaise \ma`yon`naise"\, n. [F.]
     A thick white sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up
     with olive oil to the consistency near to that of a gel, and
     seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; -- used in
     dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish dressed with this
     sauce.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mayonnaise
       n : egg yolks and oil and vinegar [syn: {mayo}]

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  MAYONNAISE, n.  One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a
  state religion.