plural slaws
: a salad made of raw sliced or chopped cabbage and often additional ingredients (such as raisins or shredded carrots) tossed in a usually creamy dressing : coleslaw
also
: a similarly prepared salad featuring a raw fruit or vegetable other than cabbage
broccoli slaw
apple and fennel slaw
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State of plate: State lawmakers voted last year to make Cleveland, Tennessee's, hot slaw and Memphis barbecue state foods.
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Nate Rau, Axios, 4 Mar. 2025
The sides are familiar: fries, pintos, mac-and-cheese, slaw and potato salad.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Mar. 2025
The speciality menu includes the Concha Chicken Sandwich — a chicken breast fillet marinated in reposado tequila and topped with tequila lime slaw.
—Luke Chinman, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
In addition, Carl Reese will be making his homemade Jalapeño dinner rolls while our Angels in Service staff assembles a fresh creamy Cole slaw.
—Gary Paun, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
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Nate Rau, Axios, 4 Mar. 2025
The sides are familiar: fries, pintos, mac-and-cheese, slaw and potato salad.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Mar. 2025
The speciality menu includes the Concha Chicken Sandwich — a chicken breast fillet marinated in reposado tequila and topped with tequila lime slaw.
—Luke Chinman, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
In addition, Carl Reese will be making his homemade Jalapeño dinner rolls while our Angels in Service staff assembles a fresh creamy Cole slaw.
—Gary Paun, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Slaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slaw. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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