Definitions of cabbage [ˈkæb ɪdʒ]

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Definition of 'cabbage'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) cabbage
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.

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

3. cabbage
Slang. money, esp. paper money.

Etymology: (1865–70, Amer.)

Definition of 'cabbage'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) cabbage, chou
any of various types of cabbage

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

3. (verb) cabbage, cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea
any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers

4. (verb) pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
make off with belongings of others

Definition of 'cabbage'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) cabbage
a round vegetable with large flat leaves

Definition of 'cabbage'

Webster Dictionary

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

3. (noun) cabbage
the cabbage palmetto. See below

4. (noun) cabbage
cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments

5. (verb) cabbage
to form a head like that the cabbage; as, to make lettuce cabbage

6. (verb) cabbage
to purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer

Translation of 'cabbage'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a type of vegetable with edible (usually green) leaves He bought a cabbage.
Afrikaans: kool	Arabic: مَلْفوف	Bulgarian: зелка
Brazilian: repolho	Czech: zelí, kapusta	German: der Kohl
Danish: kål	Greek: λάχανο	Spanish: repollo
Estonian: kapsas	Farsi: کلم	Finnish: kaali
French: chou	Hebrew: כְּרוּב	Hindi: करमकल्ला, बंदगोभी
Croatian: kupus	Hungarian: káposzta	Indonesian: kol
Icelandic: kál	Italian: cavolo cappuccio	Japanese: キャベツ
Korean: 양배추	Lithuanian: kopūstas, kopūstai	Latvian: kāposti
Malay: kobis	Dutch: kool	Norwegian: kål
Polish: kapusta	Persian: کرم	Pashto: کرم
Portuguese: couve	Romanian: varză	Russian: капуста
Slovak: kapusta	Slovenian: zelje	Serbian: kupus
Swedish: kål, vitkål	Thai: ผักจำพวกกะหล่ำปลี	Turkish: lâhana
Taiwanese: 捲心菜	Ukrainian: капуста	Urdu: پھول گوبھی
Vietnamese: cải bắp	Chinese: 卷心菜
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