Italian dressing

== English == === Etymology === Named by Americans in the 20th century for this dressing's inspiration from vinaigrettes made by Italians and Italian-Americans, although the present-day formulations sold on supermarket shelves are somewhat different from those origins. More at Wikipedia. === Noun === Italian dressing (countable and uncountable, plural Italian dressings) A North American vinaigrette-type salad dressing consisting of water, vinegar or lemon juice, vegetable oil, chopped bell peppers, usually sugar or corn syrup, and numerous herbs and spices. ==== Synonyms ==== Italian salad dressing ==== Hypernyms ==== vinaigrette salad dressing ==== Coordinate terms ==== French dressing (in its vinaigrette sense, similar)