mayonnaise /ˈmeɪ.ə.neɪz/noun 4verb 1forms 3 noun4 •A dressing made from vegetable oil, raw egg yolks, vinegar or lemon juice, and seasoning, used on salads, with French fries, in sandwiches, etc.There are 250 foods, including mayonnaise, cheese and cocoa, that don't list ingredients at all. — 1985 •Any cold dish with that dressing as an ingredient.We served a lobster mayonnaise as a starter. •Any cream, for example for moisturizing the face or conditioning the hair, for which the base is egg yolks and oil.They include cider vinegar, two pre-shampoo products, shampoo, conditioner, hair mayonnaise, oil, leave-in conditioner, end protector, revitalising styling spray and filtered water. — 2016 •(Australia, informal) Exaggeration. verb1 •To cover or season with mayonnaise.Jones himself presided in the kitchen, mincing truffles, mayonnaising lobster, booting waiters out the door with tray after tray of steaming savories and teeth-numbing sweets, […] — 1998 formsmayonnaised · mayonnaising · mayonnaises
Mayonnaise noun1 •(no longer used) In full Mayonnaise sauce or sauce Mayonnaise: alternative letter-case form of mayonnaise. formsMayonnaises