"slaw" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /slɔː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-slaw.wav [UK] Forms: slaws [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː Etymology: Borrowed (around 1861) from Dutch sla, shortened from salade (“salad, lettuce”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nl|sla}} Dutch sla, {{m|nl|salade||salad, lettuce}} salade (“salad, lettuce”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} slaw (countable and uncountable, plural slaws)
  1. (US, Canada) Coleslaw. Tags: Canada, US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Salads Derived forms: barbecue slaw, cheese slaw, kimslaw, North Carolina slaw, rainbow slaw, red slaw, white slaw Translations (coleslaw): зелева салата (zeleva salata) [feminine] (Bulgarian), coleslaw (Finnish), kaalisalaatti (Finnish), Krautsalat [masculine] (German), kapustný šalát [masculine] (Slovak), curtida [El-Salvador, feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-slaw-en-noun-yy6oZ2jm Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 94 0 6

Inflected forms

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