Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈkæbɪdʒ/
cabbage
- 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.
- (countable, offensive) A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
- After the car crash, he became a cabbage.
- Used as a term of endearment.
- (uncountable, slang) Money.
- (uncountable, slang) Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.
- The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.
- The cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto), a palm of the southeastern US coasts and nearby islands.
- (sewing) Shreds and patches of cloth cut off by a tailor when cutting out clothes.
- (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
- French: chou
- German: Kohl
- Italian: cavolo
- Portuguese: repolho, couve
- Russian: капу́ста
- Spanish: col, repollo, berza
- French: chou
- German: Kohl
- Italian: cavolo
- Portuguese: repolho
- Russian: капу́ста
- Spanish: col, repollo, berza
- Russian: капу́ста
- Spanish: pasta
cabbage (cabbages, present participle cabbaging; past and past participle cabbaged)
- (intransitive) To form a head like that of the cabbage.
- to make lettuce cabbage
- (intransitive, slang) To do nothing; to idle; veg out.
cabbage (uncountable)
- (uncountable, slang) Scraps of cloth which are left after a garment has been cut out, which tailors traditionally kept.
cabbage (cabbages, present participle cabbaging; past and past participle cabbaged)
- (transitive) To purloin or embezzle; to pilfer, to steal.
- Your tailor […] cabbages whole yards of cloth.
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