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Whip cream cheese with mayo, sour cream, mustard, Worcestershire, and hot sauce. Giovanna Vazquez, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024 But hands down, the Umami Steak taco — with its lemongrass pepper steak and its furikake mayo — stole the show. Yacob Reyes, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024 The ham dominates the turkey, but the sharp cheese and the sweet mayo play off each other, and the stuffing roll gives you the flavor without putting bread on bread. John Graham, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024 It’s complemented with garlic and fermented onion mayo, giving the dish its umami. Kaila Yu, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mayo 

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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“Mayo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mayo. Accessed 22 Dec. 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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