English

White slaw

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

Translations

Anagrams

• awls
• laws

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz ‎(“blunt, dull, faint, weak, slack”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- ‎(“limp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slaːw/

Adjective

slaw

1. slow, inert

Quotations

• On ōðre wīsan sceal man manian ða slāwan.

  In other ways (wises), shall man mone the slow (the mentally slow?, dumb?, retarded?).

• Ðone sǣnan ðe biþ tō slāw ðū scealt hātan assa mā ðonne man.

  The layabout (sone) that be too slow thou shalt hote an ass more than a man.

Descendants

• Middle English slou
  • English: slow

References

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