coleslaw

[ kohl-slaw ]
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noun
  1. a salad of finely sliced or chopped raw cabbage, usually moistened with a mayonnaise dressing.

Origin of coleslaw

1
1785–95; <Dutch koolsla, equivalent to kool cabbage, cole + sla, contraction of saladesalad

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How to use coleslaw in a sentence

  • On average, each tiny serving of coleslaw or potato salad packs around 300 calories and more than a dozen grams of fat.

  • There were gallons of potato salad and coleslaw, mountains of rolls, barrels of punch, and enough hot dogs to feed a small army.

    The Blue Ghost Mystery | Harold Leland Goodwin

British Dictionary definitions for coleslaw

coleslaw

/ (ˈkəʊlˌslɔː) /


noun
  1. a salad of shredded cabbage, mayonnaise, carrots, onions, etc

Origin of coleslaw

1
C19: from Dutch koolsla, from koolsalade, literally: cabbage salad

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