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cabbage

/ˈkæbɪd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

Syllables
cab-bage
IPA
/ˈkæbɪd͡ʒ/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.

Uncountable

noun

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

Countable; Offensive

noun

Used as a term of endearment.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Money.

Slang; Uncountable

noun

Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.

Slang; Uncountable

noun

A terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French caboce Anglo-Norman cabochebor. Middle English caboche English cabbage 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).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈkæbɪd͡ʒ/
  • British English: /ˈkæbɪd͡ʒ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

cabbages (plural) cabbages (present, singular) cabbaging (participle, present) cabbaged (participle, past) cabbaged (past)

Derived Forms

cabbageball cabbagehead cabbageless cabbagelike Cabbagetown cabbagewood cabbagy

Phrases

bacon and cabbage beach cabbage cabbage aphid cabbage-bark cabbage butterfly cabbage fly cabbage gum cabbage head

Frequently Paired Words

brassica broccoflower broccoli broccolini Brussels sprouts cabbage tree carbage cauliflower

Synonyms

spinach cabbage plant cole greens person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage chou cultivated cabbage brassica oleracea

Homonyms

CABG (one pronunciation) cabg

Rhymes With

babbage

Questions

How do you pronounce cabbage?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkæbɪd͡ʒ/.
What does cabbage mean?
An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
Where does cabbage come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce cabbage

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