cabbage

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Proper noun 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.5 See also

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[edit] 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. Used as a term of endearment.
   • 2009, Tom Stoppard, Helen Rappaport, The Cherry Orchard‎, translation of Вишнëвый сад ("Vishniovy sad") by Anton Chekhov, published 1904, page 31:

     If you deceive me, Yasha, I don't know if my nerves could stand it. YASHA (kissing her) My little cabbage! Of course, a girl must know her place.

5. (uncountable, slang) Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.
6. (uncountable, slang) Money
7. (uncountable, slang) Marijuana leaf, the part you don't smoke but have to first extract into cannabutter and bake into spacecake to get high off.

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• (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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[edit] Proper noun

Singular cabbage

Plural -

cabbage

1. (British) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) term of endearment used between family members.

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

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

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• (purloin): embezzle, pilfer, purloin, steal

[edit] See also

• brassica
• broccoflower
• broccoli
• broccolini
• Brussels sprouts
• cauliflower
• Chinese cabbage
• Chinese broccoli, Chinese kale
• collard greens
• kale
• kohlrabi
• sauerkraut
• red cabbage