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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In addition, Carl Reese will be making his homemade Jalapeño dinner rolls while our Angels in Service staff assembles a fresh creamy Cole slaw.
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Gary Paun, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
Sides include salty meets crispy crinkle fries, briny pickle chips and a cooling kale slaw, which will quickly become your best friend.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
Crispy corn tortillas are covered in layers of guacamole, black beans, jicama slaw, pineapple and paprika mayo.
—Arika Herron, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025
The barbecue tray, with its juicy meat, purple slaw, and heaps of potato salad arrayed on a butcher-paper background, turned out to be perfectly suited to Instagram.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
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Gary Paun, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
Sides include salty meets crispy crinkle fries, briny pickle chips and a cooling kale slaw, which will quickly become your best friend.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
Crispy corn tortillas are covered in layers of guacamole, black beans, jicama slaw, pineapple and paprika mayo.
—Arika Herron, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025
The barbecue tray, with its juicy meat, purple slaw, and heaps of potato salad arrayed on a butcher-paper background, turned out to be perfectly suited to Instagram.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Slaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slaw. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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