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# mayonnaise

«mayonnaise» in Mova's school dictionary: **a thick, creamy, pale yellow sauce made from egg yolks…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (mayonnaise — uncountable; informal «mayo»)

### meaning for a pupil

Mayonnaise is a thick, creamy, pale yellow sauce made from egg yolks, oil and lemon juice or vinegar, eaten cold in sandwiches, on chips and in salads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayonnaise/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In cooking and food science, mayonnaise is an emulsion: tiny drops of oil mixed into egg and vinegar so they do not separate. In food safety, homemade mayonnaise with raw eggs should be kept cold. Common phrases: «a dollop of mayonnaise», «egg mayonnaise», «chips and mayo», «a jar of mayonnaise».

### examples

- Can I have mayonnaise in my chicken sandwich? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayonnaise/#x1)
- In the Netherlands, people eat chips with mayonnaise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayonnaise/#x2)
- Egg mayonnaise is a classic picnic sandwich. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayonnaise/#x3)
- Keep the mayonnaise in the fridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayonnaise/#x4)
- Mayonnaise is made by slowly whisking oil into egg yolks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayonnaise/#x5)
- Dad likes a big dollop of mayo on his burger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayonnaise/#x6)
- Coleslaw has mayonnaise mixed through it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayonnaise/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: «some mayonnaise». Spelling trap: double n — m-a-y-o-n-n-a-i-s-e. It comes from French. Short form: «mayo» (informal). Say may-uh-NAZE.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mayonnaise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mayonnaise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.