Thousand Island dressing

English

Alternative forms

  • thousand island dressing, Thousand Islands dressing, thousand islands dressing

Etymology

From Thousand Island +‎ dressing, because the dressing has often been said to have originated in the Thousand Islands region, located along the upper St Lawrence River, near its head at Lake Ontario, between the United States and Canada. As Wikipedia explains, this etymology is not known with certainty.

Noun

Thousand Island dressing (countable and uncountable, plural Thousand Island dressings)

  2. A salad dressing of mayonnaise, ketchup, Tabasco sauce and finely chopped vegetables.

Synonyms

  • Thousand Island sauce / Thousand Islands sauce / thousand island sauce / thousand islands sauce
  • Thousand Island salad dressing / Thousand Islands salad dressing / thousand island salad dressing / thousand islands salad dressing

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