salad fork

noun

1. a small, broad fork, usually one of a set, for eating salad or dessert.

Word History and Origins

Origin of salad fork¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

The salad fork, at least, a rigid sea serpent with four braided tongues for tines, did come from Dalí’s own drawing.

From New York Times

The queen stopped and put down her salad fork.

From Los Angeles Times

Civilizations have always sought to conduct themselves with dignity — hence the existence of fine apparel and salad forks.

From Salon

When we finally tuck into dinner — half of us with little salad forks — my ad-hoc, slightly crunchy pasta tastes as rich and sustaining as ever.

From Salon

My wife is a lawyer, and she is really into rules, protocol, decorum, manners, structure, using a salad fork for salad, and other boring things like that.

From Salon