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Definition: Coleslaw |
ColeslawNoun1. Basically shredded cabbage. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Coleslaw \Cole"slaw`\, noun. [from Dutch expression kool slaa cabbage salad.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: ColeslawSynonym: slaw (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Coleslaw |
| English words defined with "coleslaw": head cabbage ♦ Koolslaa. (references) |
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| "Coleslaw" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.44% of the time. "Coleslaw" is used about 39 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.44% | 38 | 55,818 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.56% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 39 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "coleslaw"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sallatë me lakër të gjallë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | салата от зеле (slaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 凉拌卷心菜. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | سالادکلم (Slaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Kohlsalat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | káposztasaláta (cole-slaw, slaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | insalata di cavolo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | コー'ー豆 (call, call broker, call girl, call loan, call money, call rate, call sign, call-back, called, called game, choir exercises, chorus, chorus girl, coal tar, coffee bean, Cohen, cola, cold, cold beef, cold chain, cold chicken, cold coffee, cold cream, cold meat, cold permanent wave, cold war, cold wave, coop, coral, coral island, cord, corded velveteen, corduroy, corporate identity, corporated house, corporation, corpse, Koran). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | コールスロー . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | glassan chaayl. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oleslawcay салат из капусты. (various references) kålsallad. (various references) สลั"กะหล่ำปลีหั่นใส่มายองเนส. (various references) lâhana salatası. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "coleslaw": coleslaws. (additional references) | |
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"Coleslaw" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Collishaw, colslaw, Dolezal, Eoleslav. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-l-o-s-w" | |
-1 letter: callose, locales. | |
-2 letters: allows, callow, cellos, locale, locals, sallow, solace. | |
-3 letters: alecs, allow, aloes, awols, calls, calos, cella, cello, cells, claws, clews, close, coals, colas, coles, cowls, laces, local, losel, lowes, lowse, ollas, salol, scale, scall, scowl, socle, swale, swell, wales, walls, weals, wells. | |
-4 letters: aces, alec, ales, alls, aloe, alow, also, awes, awls. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-l-o-s-w" | |
+1 letter: callowest, coleslaws. | |
+2 letters: allowances, callowness, pillowcase. | |
+3 letters: pillowcases. | |
+4 letters: callownesses, cauliflowers, disallowance. | |
+5 letters: disallowances, lowerclassman, lowerclassmen. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 6C 65 73 6C 61 77 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- .-.. . ... .-.. .- .--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01101100 01100101 01110011 01101100 01100001 01110111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o l e s l a w |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 006C 0065 0073 006C 0061 0077 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3781787185786789 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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