cabbage

Pluralcabbages (some meanings)

Formscabbages, cabbaging, cabbaged

1. 1
   noununcountable

   The leaves of the cabbage plant, eaten as food.

   Like lettuce, but with thicker leaves you can cook.

   She added fresh cabbage to the soup.

   We ate boiled cabbage with our dinner.

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2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A leafy garden vegetable that grows as a round, firm head of green leaves.

   Like a lettuce, but its leaves wrap tightly into a hard ball.

   A cabbage needs plenty of space to grow in the garden.

   The farmer pulled a heavy cabbage from the soil.

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3. 3
   nouncountable or uncountable

   Any of several related vegetables bred from one wild plant, such as kale and broccoli.

   Broccoli is really a kind of cabbage, grown from the same wild plant.

   There are many types of cabbage, and some look nothing alike.

4. 4
   nounslanguncountable

   Money, especially paper cash.

   He's been saving up some serious cabbage for a new bike.

   That job pays good cabbage.

   Similarmoney, cash, dough, bread, moolah

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5. 5
   nounoffensivecountable

   A person who has lost most of their mental abilities because of brain damage.

   They cruelly called him a cabbage after the injury.

   She worried the illness would turn her into a cabbage.

   Similarvegetable

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6. 6
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A loving name you call someone you care about.

   Like calling someone 'honey' or 'sweetie.'

   Come here and give me a hug, my little cabbage.

   Goodnight, cabbage, sleep well.

   Similardarling, sweetheart, honey, pet, love

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7. 7
   nounslangcountable or uncountable

   A person's head.

   He took a hard hit to the cabbage during the fight.

   Put a hat on your cabbage, it's cold outside.

   Similarhead, noggin, nut, noodle, bonce

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8. 8
   verbslangintransitive

   To do nothing and relax for a while.

   Like a cat lying in the sun all day, doing nothing.

   After exams, I just want to cabbage on the couch all day.

   We cabbaged all weekend and watched movies.

   Similarlaze, lounge, idle, loaf, vegetate

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9. 9
   verbtransitive

   To steal something, usually in small amounts.

   Like quietly slipping coins from a jar when no one is looking.

   He cabbaged a few coins from the till.

   She would cabbage pens from the office.

   Similarpilfer, steal, filch, pinch, nick

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10. 10
    nounslanguncountable

    Bits of cloth left over after cutting out clothes, kept by tailors.

    Like the bits of dough left over after cutting out cookies.

    The tailor saved the cabbage from every suit he made.

    She sold the leftover cabbage to a quilt maker.

    Similaroffcuts, scraps, remnants, clippings

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