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cole slaw

cole slaw is the US spelling 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

Forms of cole slaw

pluralcole slaws

Questions about cole slaw

What is cole slaw the US spelling of?
Cole slaw is the US spelling of coleslaw.

Words near cole slaw in the dictionary

  1. coldworks
  2. cole
  3. Cole County
  4. Cole Green
  5. Cole Harbour
  6. cole slaw
  7. cole slaws
  8. cole-prophet
  9. cole-prophets
  10. colead
  11. coleader

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cole slaw (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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