Definitions for cabbageˈkæb ɪdʒ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

cab•bageˈkæb ɪdʒ(n.)

  1. any of several cultivated varieties of a plant, Brassica oleracea capitata, of the mustard family, having a short stem and leaves formed into a compact, edible head.

    Category: Plants

  2. the head or leaves of this plant, eaten cooked or raw.

    Category: Plants

  3. Slang. money, esp. paper money.

    Category: Status (usage)

Origin of cabbage:

1350–1400; < dial. OF (Picardy, Normandy) lit., head, noggin

cab′bage•like`(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. cabbage, chou(noun)

    any of various types of cabbage

  2. boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum(noun)

    informal terms for money

  3. cabbage, cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea(verb)

    any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers

  4. pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift(verb)

    make off with belongings of others

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. cabbage(noun)ˈkæb ɪdʒ

    a round vegetable with large flat leaves

Wiktionary

  1. cabbage(Noun)

    An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.

  2. cabbage(Noun)

    The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.

    Cabbage is good for you.

  3. cabbage(Noun)

    A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.

    After the car crash, he became a cabbage.

  4. cabbage(Noun)

    Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.

  5. cabbage(Noun)

    Money

  6. cabbage(Noun)

    Marijuana leaf, the part you don't smoke but have to first extract into cannabutter and bake into spacecake to get high off.

  7. cabbage(Verb)

    To form a head like that of the cabbage; as, to make lettuce cabbage.

  8. cabbage(Verb)

    To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cabbage(noun)

    an esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages

  2. Cabbage(noun)

    the terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below

  3. Cabbage(noun)

    the cabbage palmetto. See below

  4. Cabbage(verb)

    to form a head like that the cabbage; as, to make lettuce cabbage

  5. Cabbage(verb)

    to purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer

  6. Cabbage(noun)

    cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments


Translations for cabbage

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

cabbage(noun)

a type of vegetable with edible (usually green) leaves

He bought a cabbage.

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