Cabbage

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Noun

cabbage (countable and uncountable; plural cabbages)

  1. An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
  2. (uncountable) The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
    Cabbage is good for you.
  3. (offensive) A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
    After the car crash, he became a cabbage.
  4. (uncountable) Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.
  5. (uncountable) Money

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Translations

plant

leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable

person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage

cloth or clippings cabbaged

money

Intransitive verb

to cabbage (third-person singular simple present cabbages, present participle cabbaging, simple past cabbaged, past participle cabbaged)

  1. To form a head like that the cabbage; as, to make lettuce cabbage.
  2. To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer.

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See also

el:cabbage es:cabbage fr:cabbage gl:cabbage io:cabbage it:cabbage hu:cabbage pl:cabbage sr:cabbage fi:cabbage zh:cabbage

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