cabbage
noun /ˈkæbɪdʒ/
/ˈkæbɪdʒ/
- [uncountable, countable] a round vegetable with large green, purplish-red or white leaves that can be eaten raw or cooked
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- Do you like cabbage?
- two cabbages
- white/red cabbage
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- green
- red
- white
- …
- boil
- braise
- cook
- …
- leaf
- patch
- [countable] (British English, offensive) a person who is physically alive but not capable of much mental or physical activity, for example because of an accident or illness synonym vegetable (2)
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French caboche ‘head’, variant of Old French caboce, of unknown origin.