cabbage

Definition of Cabbage in English :

Noun

1. cabbage, chou

any of various types of cabbage

chou

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

informal terms for money

3. brassica oleracea, cabbage, cultivated cabbage

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

Verb

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

make off with belongings of others

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cabbage

see synonyms of cabbage

noun

1. Also called: cole

any of various cultivated varieties of the plant Brassica oleracea capitata, typically having a short thick stalk and a large head of green or reddish edible leaves: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)

See also brassica, savoy, Compare skunk cabbage, Chinese cabbage

2. wild cabbage

3.

a.

the head of a cabbage

b.

the edible leaf bud of the cabbage palm

4. informal

a dull or unimaginative person

5. informal, offensive

a person with severely impaired mental and physical ability who is dependent on others for his or her subsistence

noun

1.

snippets of cloth appropriated by a tailor from a customer's material

verb

2.

to steal; pilfer

Cabbage

see synonyms of cabbage

noun

1.

a common vegetable (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) of the crucifer family, with thick leaves formed into a round, compact head on a short, thick stalk: cultivated as early as 2000 b.c.

2.

an edible bud at the end of the branch on some palm trees

3. Slang

paper money

verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈcabbaged or ˈcabbaging

1. British, Slang, Obsolete

to steal

noun

2. Archaic

cloth snippets appropriated by a tailor when cutting out clothes

Cabbage

see synonyms of cabbage

n.

1. Any of several forms of a vegetable (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) of the mustard family, having a globose head consisting of a short stem and tightly overlapping green to purplish leaves.

2. Any of several similar or related plants, such as Chinese cabbage.

3. The terminal bud of several species of palm, eaten as a vegetable.

4. Slang Money, especially in the form of bills.

5. Informal Sweetheart; dear. Used as a term of endearment.

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