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White slaw

Borrowed (around 1861) from Dutch sla, shortened from salade (“salad, lettuce”).[1][2]

slaw (countable and uncountable, plural slaws)

  1. (US, Canada) Coleslaw.

    • 1996, Jerry Bledsoe, “Slaw Crazy”, in 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.

coleslaw

  1. ^ “slaw”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. ^ “slaw”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

From Proto-West Germanic *slaiw, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz (“blunt, dull, faint, weak, slack”), of uncertain origin.

slāw

  1. lazy
  2. slow, inert

Declension of slāw — Strong

Declension of slāw — Weak