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- [slaw]
- /slɔ/
- /slɔː/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [slaw]
- /slɔ/
Definitions of slaw word
- noun slaw coleslaw. 1
- uncountable noun slaw Slaw is a salad of chopped raw carrot, onions, cabbage and other vegetables in mayonnaise. 0
- noun slaw coleslaw 0
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Origin of slaw
First appearance:
before 1860 One of the 29% newest English words
1860-65, Americanism; < Dutch sla, short for salade salad
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Slaw
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
slaw popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
slaw usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with slaw
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