| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| taramasalata |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ta·ra·ma·sa·la·ta |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  tä rä-mä-sä-lä tä |
| VARIANT FORMS: | or ta·ra·mo·sa·la·ta (-m -) |
| NOUN: | A paste of fish roe, olive oil, lemon juice, and potatoes or moistened bread crumbs. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Modern Greek : taramas, preserved roe (from Turkish tarama, soft roe) + saláta, salad (from Italian insalata, from feminine past participle of insalare, to salt ( Latin in-, in, on; see in–2 + Vulgar Latin *sal re, to salt, from Latin sl, salt; see sal).
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