slaw

English

White slaw

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch sla, shortened from salade (“salad, lettuce”).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /slɔː/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɔː

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Noun

slaw (countable and uncountable, plural slaws)

1. (US, Canada) Coleslaw.
   • 1996, Jerry Bledsoe, Slaw Crazy, Lee Harrison Child (editor), Close to Home: Revelations and Reminiscences by North Carolina Authors, page 66,

     Barbecue is always served with slaw in North Carolina and always has been.

   • 2002, Alex Haas, Everyday Low Carb Cooking, page 73,

     My boss, whose daughter was a working chef, told me that I made the best slaws that she had ever tasted. The secret is that slaws deserve as much care in their preparation as any other good meal.

   • 2010, Judy Doherty, Salad Secrets: 100 of the Most Creative, Healthful Recipes, page 103,

     Slaws go well with grilled lean protein items and sandwiches.

Derived terms

• cheese slaw
• red slaw
• white slaw
• kimslaw

Translations

coleslaw

• Finnish: coleslaw (fi), kaalisalaatti
• German: Krautsalat (de) m
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• Slovak: kapustný šalát m
• Spanish: curtida f (El Salvador)

Anagrams

• Laws, awls, laws

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Old English

Alternative forms

• slǣw

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz (“blunt, dull, faint, weak, slack”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“limp”).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /slɑːw/

Adjective

slāw

1. slow, inert

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Derived terms

• slāwlīċe

Descendants

• Middle English: slaw, slow
  • English: slow
  • Scots: slaw

References

• Bosworth, Joseph. "An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online." Sláw. March 21, 2010. Accessed August 27, 2016. http://bosworth.ff.cuni.cz/027969.