From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmayonnaisemay‧on‧naise /ˌmeɪəˈneɪz $ ˈmeɪəneɪz/ noun [uncountable] DFFa thick white sauce, made of raw egg yolks and oil, often eaten on sandwiches or salad
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mayonnaise• Billy Knowle held a chicken and mayonnaise sandwich in his mouth in order to leave both hands free for the report.• Badly washed salad carries bugs, which breed in mayonnaise.• Big things of mayonnaise, by them-selves.• Thérèse mopped up the mustard, swept the chopped tarragon into the mayonnaise, mixed it well together.• She decided to make a herb sauce to go with the cold poached mackerel, rather than the mayonnaise Madeleine had planned.• Remove the yolks and place them in a dish with mayonnaise and onions and beat them with a fork.• Creamy Bakes - cream cheese, hardboiled egg, chives and diced red pepper mixed with mayonnaise. 4.• Place the filling ingredients on the slices with peanut butter, season with pepper and top with slices spread with mayonnaise.Origin mayonnaise (1800-1900) French perhaps from mahonnais “of Mahón”, from Mahón port in Minorca 