Cabbage
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Noun
cabbage (countable and uncountable; plural cabbages)
- An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
- (uncountable) The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
- Cabbage is good for you.
- (offensive) A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
- After the car crash, he became a cabbage.
- (uncountable) Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.
- (uncountable) Money
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Synonyms
- (plant) cabbage plant, cole
- (leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable): cole, greens
- (person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage): vegetable
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Translations
plant
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leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable
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person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage
cloth or clippings cabbaged
money
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Intransitive verb
to cabbage (third-person singular simple present cabbages, present participle cabbaging, simple past cabbaged, past participle cabbaged)
- To form a head like that the cabbage; as, to make lettuce cabbage.
- To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer.
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See also
- brassica
- broccoflower
- broccoli
- broccolini
- Brussels sprouts
- cauliflower
- Chinese broccoli, Chinese kale
- collard greens
- kale
- kohlrabi
- sauerkraut
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