Salad vs. Coleslaw: What's the Difference?
Salad and Coleslaw Definitions
Salad
A dish of raw leafy green vegetables, often tossed with pieces of other raw or cooked vegetables, fruit, cheese, or other ingredients and served with a dressing.
Coleslaw
A salad of shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise or a vinaigrette.
Salad
The course of a meal consisting of this dish.
Coleslaw
A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise (white slaw) or a vinaigrette (red slaw).
Salad
A cold dish of chopped vegetables, fruit, meat, fish, eggs, or other food, usually prepared with a dressing, such as mayonnaise.
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Coleslaw
A salad made of sliced cabbage.
Salad
A green vegetable or herb used in salad, especially lettuce.
Coleslaw
Basically shredded cabbage
Salad
A varied mixture
"The Declaration of Independence was ... a salad of illusions" (George Santayana).
Salad
A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.
Chicken salad
We'd like a couple of cheese salads and two Pepsis, please.
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Salad
A raw vegetable of the kind used in salads.
Salad
(idiomatic) Any varied blend or mixture.
Salad
A preparation of vegetables, as lettuce, celery, water cress, onions, etc., usually dressed with salt, vinegar, oil, and spice, and eaten for giving a relish to other food; as, lettuce salad; tomato salad, etc.
Leaves eaten raw are termed salad.
Salad
A dish composed of chopped meat or fish, esp. chicken or lobster, mixed with lettuce or other vegetables, and seasoned with oil, vinegar, mustard, and other condiments; as, chicken salad; lobster salad.
Salad
Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens