Examples of mayo in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Favorites include ketchup, mayo, mustard, soy sauce, wasabi and hot sauce. Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024 For Hellmann’s squeeze bottles, a thin layer of oil coating was added to the interior of the package so that only one to two servings of mayo would remain in the container, versus an average of around five before AI formulation predictive models were utilized. John Kell, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024 Get The Recipe 35 of 47 Tuna Pasta Salad A light and bright take on pasta salad using spiraled rotini and lemon-herb vinaigrette, this summer favorite packs in the fresh veggies with no mayo in sight. Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2024 Monsour leans in with the playful touches: a smashburger slicked with Duke’s mayo sweetened with maple syrup and cinnamon, avocado toast dressed with cucumber-mint salsa and whizzed with drizzles of benne tahini. Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024 Our recipe blends the assertive flavors of cucumber and red onion (an excellent spring vegetable) with tangy sour cream, mayo, and ranch dressing mix. Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2024 The couple leans on ingredients like avocado oil mayo, coconut aminos instead of soy sauce or tamari, coconut sugar, kefir instead of yogurt or sour cream, miso, nutritional yeast instead of cheese, and stevia instead of table sugar and the like. Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2024 Rise and shine Make-Ahead Egg and Cheese Sandwiches Mornings on the go just got so much better with these Calabrian chile mayo–spiked egg and cheese sandwiches. Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appétit, 16 Feb. 2024 Combine the egg yolks, mayo, mustard, paprika and salt in a food processor; puree until fairly smooth. Bonnie S. Benwick, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1960, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mayo was circa 1960

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Cite this Entry

“Mayo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mayo. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Geographical Definition

Mayo

geographical name

1
ˈmī-(ˌ)ō How to pronounce Mayo (audio) river 250 miles (402 kilometers) long in the northwestern Mexico state of Sonora flowing southwest into the Gulf of California
2
ˈmā-(ˌ)ō How to pronounce Mayo (audio) county of northwestern Ireland on the Atlantic in Connacht; capital Castlebar area 2084 square miles (5418 square kilometers), population 130,638

Biographical Definition

Mayo

biographical name

Charles Horace 1865–1939 and his brother William James 1861–1939 American surgeons

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