cabbage

  • 11cabbage — n. 1) red; savoy; white cabbage 2) boiled cabbage 3) a head of cabbage 4) (AE) corned beef and cabbage * * * [ kæbɪdʒ] savoy white cabbage (AE) corned beef and cabbage a head of cabbage boiled cabbage red …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 12cabbage — n. 1 a any of several cultivated varieties of Brassica oleracea, with thick green or purple leaves forming a round heart or head. b this head usu. eaten as vegetable. 2 colloq. derog. a person who is inactive or lacks interest. Phrases and idioms …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 13cabbage — 1. noun a) An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves. Cabbage is good for you. b) The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable. After the car crash, he became a cabbage. Syn: cabbage plant …

    Wiktionary

  • 14cabbage — gūžinis kopūstas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bastutinių šeimos daržovinis, vaistinis kultūrinis augalas (Brassica oleracea var. capitata). atitikmenys: lot. Brassica oleracea var. capitata angl. cabbage; red cabbage; white cabbage vok.… …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • 15cabbage — gūžinis kopūstas statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Dvimetė bastutinių (Brassicaceae) šeimos daržovė. Stiebas trumpas, lapai trumpakočiai, dideli, mėsingi, susuka 10–45 cm gūžę. Maistui vartojamos lapų gūžės. Yra įvairaus ankstyvumo… …

    Žemės ūkio augalų selekcijos ir sėklininkystės terminų žodynas

  • 16cabbage — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ green, red, white ▪ Chinese, savoy, spring ▪ boiled, pickled, raw …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 17cabbage — [14] The shape of a cabbage, reminiscent of someone’s head, led to its being named in Old French caboce, which meant literally ‘head’. English acquired the word via the Old Northern French variant caboche (whose modern French descendant caboche,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 18cabbage — [[t]kæ̱bɪʤ[/t]] cabbages 1) N VAR A cabbage is a round vegetable with white, green or purple leaves that is usually eaten cooked. 2) N COUNT: usu sing If someone refers to a very sick or disabled person as a cabbage, they are saying in an… …

    English dictionary

  • 19cabbage */ — UK [ˈkæbɪdʒ] / US noun Word forms cabbage : singular cabbage plural cabbages 1) [countable/uncountable] a hard round vegetable with green or purple leaves that can be eaten raw in salads or cooked 2) [countable] British informal an offensive word …

    English dictionary

  • 20cabbage — /ˈkæbɪdʒ / (say kabij) noun 1. any of various cultivated varieties of Brassica oleracea var. capitata, with short stem and leaves formed into a compact, edible head. 2. any of various plants resembling a cabbage. 3. the head of the ordinary… …