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cabbage.

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

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkæbɪd͡ʒ/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈkabɪd͡ʒ/British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales/ˈkæbəd͡ʒ/Australia/ˈkɛbəd͡ʒ/New-Zealand
  1. An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.

    countable · uncountable
  2. An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves. Any of various cultivars of the species Brassica oleracea.

    broadly · countable · uncountable
  3. The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.

    uncountable
    Cabbage is good for you.
  4. A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.

    countable · offensive
    After the car crash, he became a cabbage.
  5. Used as a term of endearment.

    countable · uncountable
  6. Money.

    slang · uncountable
  7. Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.

    slang · uncountable
  8. A terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.

    countable · uncountable
  9. A cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto), a palm of the southeastern US coasts and nearby islands.

    countable · uncountable
  10. A human head.

    countable · slang · uncountable
  11. Synonym of spinach (“thick rough”).

    countable · slang · uncountable
    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).

verb/ˈkæbɪd͡ʒ/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈkabɪd͡ʒ/British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales/ˈkæbəd͡ʒ/Australia/ˈkɛbəd͡ʒ/New-Zealand
  1. To form a head like that of the cabbage.

    intransitive
    to make lettuce cabbage
  2. To do nothing; to idle; veg out.

    intransitive · slang
  3. To be killed or murdered, such as by being shot in the head.

    slang
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).

noun/ˈkæbɪd͡ʒ/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈkabɪd͡ʒ/British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales/ˈkæbəd͡ʒ/Australia/ˈkɛbəd͡ʒ/New-Zealand
  1. Scraps of cloth which are left after a garment has been cut out, which tailors traditionally kept.

    slang · uncountable
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”).

verb/ˈkæbɪd͡ʒ/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈkabɪd͡ʒ/British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales/ˈkæbəd͡ʒ/Australia/ˈkɛbəd͡ʒ/New-Zealand
  1. To embezzle or purloin; to pilfer, to steal.

    transitive
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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