cab·bage
cabbage
- pronunciation:
- kae
bihj
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word History, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a vegetable with large green or purple leaves that overlap tightly to form a round head.
Sauerkraut is made from cabbage.
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| definition 2: |
(slang) money.
That's a lot of cabbage to be walking around with! |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
cabbaged, cabbages, cabbaging |
| definition: |
to grow in the shape of a head, as a cabbage does.
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Cabbage comes from a French word that means "head."