cabbage

CEFRA2

/ˈkæbɪd͡ʒ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A round vegetable with tightly packed green or purple leaves.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.

Examples

  • Can I have seconds on rice and cabbage?

  • The price of cabbage fell because of overproduction.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • /ˈkabɪd͡ʒ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

  2. Any of various cultivars of the species Brassica oleracea.

  3. A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.

More examples

In context

  • After the car crash, he became a cabbage.

  • Cabbage is good for you.

  • to make lettuce cabbage

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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).