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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A small decorative bottle or container with a perforated top, used for holding an aromatic preparation such as smelling salts.
  2. n. A cold sauce or dressing made of vinegar or lemon juice and oil, often flavored with finely chopped onions, herbs, and other seasonings.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A small bottle or box used for carrying about the person some drug having a strong and pungent odor, commonly aromatic vinegar. It is usually fitted with a double cover, the inner one made of openwork or pierced, the drug being either in solid form or held by a fragment of sponge.
  2. n. A vinegar sauce.
  3. n. A small two-wheeled vehicle to be drawn like a Bath Chair by a boy or a man.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A sauce, made of vinegar, oil, and other ingredients, used especially for cold meats, or as a salad dressing.
  2. n. A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts; called also vinegarette.
  3. n. A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a Bath chair, to be drawn or pushed by a boy or man.
  4. n. a sort of Russian salad, originally using the French salad dressing.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A sauce, made of vinegar, oil, and other ingredients, -- used esp. for cold meats.
  2. n. A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts; -- called also vinegarette.
  3. n. A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a Bath chair, to be drawn or pushed by a boy or man.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. oil and vinegar with mustard and garlic

Etymologies

  1. French, from Old French, diminutive of vinaigre, vinegar; see vinegar.

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  • amoore5272 In the drawing room (not the kitchen or dining room), "The matrons, meantime, offered vinaigrettes and wielded fans; and again and again reiterated the expression of their concern that their warning had not been taken in time..." Jane Eyre, chapter 18 Oct 27, 2009

‘vinaigrette’ has been looked up 827 times, added to 14 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 15.