mayonnaise
Pluralmayonnaises (some meanings)
Verbmayonnaises, mayonnaising, mayonnaised
Pluralmayonnaises (some meanings)
Formsmayonnaises, mayonnaising, mayonnaised
- 1A thick, creamy sauce made from oil, egg yolks, and vinegar, used on sandwiches and salads.
She spread mayonnaise on both slices of bread.
I don't like too much mayonnaise in my tuna salad.
- 2A cold dish that has mayonnaise mixed in, such as a chicken salad.
The deli makes a fresh egg mayonnaise every morning.
He brought a chicken mayonnaise to the picnic.
- 3To put mayonnaise on food to flavor it.
She mayonnaised the sandwich before adding the lettuce.
Don't mayonnaise the bread too heavily.
- 4A cream for the skin or hair, made from egg yolks and oil.
She rubbed mayonnaise into her dry hair before showering.
Some people use mayonnaise as a face cream.
- 5Words or talk that make something sound bigger or better than it really is.
His story had way too much mayonnaise to believe.
Stop adding mayonnaise and just tell me the truth.
Similarexaggeration, embellishment, hype, hyperbole, puffery
Oppositeunderstatement
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Origin
It comes from the French word mayonnaise. It may be named after the town of Maó in Minorca, where the recipe supposedly came from.