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cole.

Cabbage.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kəʊl/Received-Pronunciation/kɔʊl/Received-Pronunciation/kɒl//koʊl/US
  1. Cabbage.

    uncountable · usually
  2. Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed).

    uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

From Middle English cole, col, from Old English cawel, an early Germanic borrowing from Latin caulis (“cabbage”). Cognate with Dutch kool, German Kohl, Danish kål, Norwegian Bokmål kål, Norwegian Nynorsk kål, Swedish kål. Doublet of caulis, gobi, and kale.

noun/kəʊl/Received-Pronunciation/kɔʊl/Received-Pronunciation/kɒl//koʊl/US
  1. A stack or stook of hay.

    Scotland
noun/kəʊl/Received-Pronunciation/kɔʊl/Received-Pronunciation/kɒl//koʊl/US
  1. Obsolete form of coal.

    alt-of · countable · obsolete · uncountable
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