coleslaw.
A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise (white slaw) or a vinaigrette (red slaw).
Meaning & usage
A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise (white slaw) or a vinaigrette (red slaw).
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ulisder. Latin caulisbor. Old Dutch *kōl /*kōla Middle Dutch col /cole Dutch kool Dutch sla Dutch koolslabor. English coleslaw Borrowed from Dutch koolsla (mentioned in English as the Dutch name by at least in 1794), from kool (“cabbage”) + sla (“salad”).
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