coleslaw
Plural: coleslaws
Noun
- A salad made primarily of shredded raw cabbage, often with dressing.
- basically shredded cabbage
- A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise (white slaw) or a vinaigrette (red slaw).
Examples
- He arranged the tiles like a COLESLAW, hoping the jumbled letters would eventually form a word.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch koolsla (mentioned in English as the Dutch name by at least in 1794), from kool (“cabbage”) + sla (“salad”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 13
coleslaw: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcoleslaw: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
coleslaw: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
coleslaw: valid Words With Friends Word