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Definition cabbage

Etymology 1

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”)..

Noun

cabbage (countable and uncountable, plural cabbages)

  1. An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
  2. (uncountable) The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
  3. (countable, offensive) A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
  4. Used as a term of endearment.
  5. (uncountable, slang) Money.
  6. (uncountable, slang) Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.
  7. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.
  8. The cabbage palmetto.
Verb

cabbage (third-person singular simple present cabbages, present participle cabbaging, simple past and past participle cabbaged)

  1. (intransitive) To form a head like that of the cabbage.
  2. (intransitive, slang) To do nothing; to idle; veg out.

Etymology 2

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”).

Noun

cabbage (uncountable)

  1. (uncountable, slang) Scraps of cloth which are left after a garment has been cut out, which tailors traditionally kept.
Verb

cabbage (third-person singular simple present cabbages, present participle cabbaging, simple past and past participle cabbaged)

  1. (transitive) To purloin or embezzle; to pilfer, to steal.

Results 28 Words with the letters CABBAGE

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12 letter words with the letters CABBAGE ↑
BACKBREAKING 32
CABBAGEWORMS 29
11 letter words with the letters CABBAGE ↑
CABBAGEWORM 28
8 letter words with the letters CABBAGE ↑
CABBAGED 20
CABBAGES 19
7 letter words with the letters CABBAGE ↑
CABBAGE 18
4 letter words with the letters CABBAGE ↑
ABBA 10
ABBE 10
BABA 10
BABE 10
CAGE 9
3 letter words with the letters CABBAGE ↑
ABA 6
ACE 6
AGA 5
AGE 5
BAA 6
BAG 8
BEG 8
CAB 9
EBB 9
GAB 8
GAE 5
2 letter words with the letters CABBAGE ↑
AA 2
AB 5
AE 2
AG 4
BA 5
BE 5

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