Cabbage

/ˈkæb.ɪd͡ʒ/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
2. (uncountable, vegetable) The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
3. (countable, offensive) A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
4. Used as a term of endearment.
5. (uncountable, slang) Money.
6. (uncountable, slang) Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.
7. A terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.
8. A cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto), a palm of the southeastern US coasts and nearby islands.

Example Sentences

In aphrodisiac preparation, wild cabbage was frequently an ingredient.

Cabbage is good for you.

After the car crash, he became a cabbage.

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.

American made choppas / You beefin', we split ya cabbage

to make lettuce cabbage

How effective the project was is a moot point, because there were never any studies carried out to see whether children benefited from cabbaging in front of the TV rather than interacting with a teacher.

[Y]our Butler purloins your Liquor, and your Brevver ſells your Hogvvaſh; […] your Taylor, inſtead of Shreds, cabages vvhole Yards of Cloth; […]

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• cabbages
• cabbaging
• cabbaged

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