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coldslaw

coldslaw is the archaic form of coleslaw.

Meaning of coleslaw

Noun

coleslaw (usually uncountable, plural coleslaws)

  1. (usually) A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise (white slaw) or a vinaigrette (red slaw).
    Synonyms:
    slaw

Origin of coldslaw

By confusion with cold, perhaps due to coleslaw generally being served cold.

Questions about coldslaw

What is coldslaw the archaic form of?
Coldslaw is the archaic form of coleslaw.

Words near coldslaw in the dictionary

  1. Coldridge
  2. coldrife
  3. colds
  4. coldshoulder
  5. coldshoulders
  6. coldslaw
  7. coldsleep
  8. coldsleeping
  9. coldsleeps
  10. coldslept
  11. coldsome

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coldslaw (page history and authors); coleslaw (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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