cabbage.
An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
Meaning & usage
An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves. Any of various cultivars of the species Brassica oleracea.
The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
Cabbage is good for you.
A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
After the car crash, he became a cabbage.
Used as a term of endearment.
Money.
Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.
A terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.
A cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto), a palm of the southeastern US coasts and nearby islands.
A human head.
Synonym of spinach (“thick rough”).
That shot left me in the cabbage!
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Old French caboce Anglo-Norman cabochebor. Middle English caboche English cabbage From Middle English caboche, cabage (“cabbage”; “a certain fish”), a borrowing from Anglo-Norman caboche (“head”), a northern variant of caboce, of uncertain origin. Some authorities derive it from Latin caput (“head”), others from ca- (said to be an expressive prefix) + boce (“hump; bump”) (whence English boss).
To form a head like that of the cabbage.
to make lettuce cabbage
To do nothing; to idle; veg out.
To be killed or murdered, such as by being shot in the head.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Old French caboce Anglo-Norman cabochebor. Middle English caboche English cabbage From Middle English caboche, cabage (“cabbage”; “a certain fish”), a borrowing from Anglo-Norman caboche (“head”), a northern variant of caboce, of uncertain origin. Some authorities derive it from Latin caput (“head”), others from ca- (said to be an expressive prefix) + boce (“hump; bump”) (whence English boss).
Scraps of cloth which are left after a garment has been cut out, which tailors traditionally kept.
Where this word comes from
Unclear. Perhaps from Dutch *kabbassen, from Old French cabasser (“put into a basket”), from cabas. Alternatively, perhaps from an earlier word *carbage (“shred”), a potential variant of *garbage (“wheat straw”).
To embezzle or purloin; to pilfer, to steal.
Where this word comes from
Unclear. Perhaps from Dutch *kabbassen, from Old French cabasser (“put into a basket”), from cabas. Alternatively, perhaps from an earlier word *carbage (“shred”), a potential variant of *garbage (“wheat straw”).
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