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I have but one rule at my table. You may leave your cabbage, but you'll sit still and behave until I've eaten mine.
Laurie Graham

Meaning of "cabbage" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CABBAGE

From Norman French caboche head; perhaps related to Old French boce hump, bump, Latin caput head.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CABBAGE

cabbage  [ˈkæbɪdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CABBAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cabbage is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CABBAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

cabbage

Cabbage

Cabbage is a leafy green or purple biennial plant, grown as an annual vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads. Closely related to other cole crops, such as broccoli, cauliflower, and brussels sprouts, it descends from B. oleracea var. oleracea, a wild field cabbage. Cabbage heads generally range from 0.5 to 4 kilograms, and can be green, purple and white. Smooth-leafed firm-headed green cabbages are the most common, with smooth-leafed red and crinkle-leafed savoy cabbages of both colors seen more rarely. It is a multi-layered vegetable. Under conditions of long sunlit days such as are found at high northern latitudes in summer, cabbages can grow much larger. Some records are discussed at the end of the history section. It is difficult to trace the exact history of cabbage, but it was most likely domesticated somewhere in Europe before 1000 BC, although savoys were not developed until the 16th century. By the Middle Ages, it had become a prominent part of European cuisine.

Definition of cabbage in the English dictionary

The first definition of cabbage in the dictionary is the head of a cabbage. Other definition of cabbage is the edible leaf bud of the cabbage palm. Cabbage is also a dull or unimaginative person.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CABBAGE


advantage
ədˈvɑːntɪdʒ
age
eɪdʒ
ambage
ˈæmbɪdʒ
average
ˈævərɪdʒ
Babbage
ˈbæbɪdʒ
bridge
brɪdʒ
Burbage
ˈbɜːbɪdʒ
carbage
ˈkɑːbɪdʒ
college
ˈkɒlɪdʒ
coverage
ˈkʌvərɪdʒ
cribbage
ˈkrɪbɪdʒ
cubage
ˈkjuːbɪdʒ
damage
ˈdæmɪdʒ
garbage
ˈɡɑːbɪdʒ
herbage
ˈhɜːbɪdʒ
heritage
ˈhɛrɪtɪdʒ
image
ˈɪmɪdʒ
knowledge
ˈnɒlɪdʒ
language
ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ
tubage
ˈtjuːbɪdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CABBAGE

cabaret
cabbage bug
cabbage lettuce
cabbage moth
cabbage palm
cabbage palmetto
cabbage root fly
cabbage rose
cabbage tree
cabbage white
Cabbagetown
cabbageworm
cabbagey
cabbagy
cabbala
cabbalism
cabbalist
cabbalistic
cabbalistical
cabbie

WORDS THAT END LIKE CABBAGE

Chinese cabbage
drumhead cabbage
garage
home page
in this day and age
marriage
massage
message
mortgage
on the same page
package
page
pak-choi cabbage
pe-tsai cabbage
red cabbage
reportage
skunk cabbage
stage
turnip cabbage
wild cabbage

Synonyms and antonyms of cabbage in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cabbage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CABBAGE

Find out the translation of cabbage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cabbage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cabbage» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

卷心菜
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

col
570 millions of speakers

English

cabbage
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गोभी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كُرُنْب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

белокочаннаня капуста
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

repolho
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাঁধাকপি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chou
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

kobis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kohl
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

キャベツ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

양배추
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gobis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cải bắp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முட்டைக்கோஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोबी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lahana
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cavolo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kapusta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

капуста
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

varză
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λάχανο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kool
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kål
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kål
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cabbage

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CABBAGE»

The term «cabbage» is very widely used and occupies the 18.384 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of cabbage
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «cabbage».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CABBAGE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cabbage» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cabbage» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cabbage

EXAMPLES

8 QUOTES WITH «CABBAGE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cabbage.
1
Ellen Burstyn
I did my famous cabbage soup diet, so I was able to do it.
2
Jilly Cooper
At home I have big vats of cabbage soup that I make to slim down.
3
Lisa Edelstein
I'm obsessed with broccoli, carrots, celery, string beans, snap peas, black kale, brussels sprouts, cabbage - I could go on! They used to call me 'rabbit' when I was a kid. I hate mushrooms, though. I apologize to fungi lovers, but this way, there's more for you!
4
Laurie Graham
I have but one rule at my table. You may leave your cabbage, but you'll sit still and behave until I've eaten mine.
5
Heidi Klum
I'd say I'm a good cook. I have a lot of German recipes that I can make - schnitzel, meatballs and things with cabbage. I love cabbage.
6
Olga Kurylenko
I love it when a man cooks; it's one of those points that makes me adore a guy. I think it's so romantic and I feel cared for when a man cooks. As long as it's good. I wouldn't let a man cook cabbage, though, because I'm pretty sure men can't cook cabbage.
7
Roger McGough
I was put off by people at school - my cabbage wasn't as good as other people's, you know, so that put me off.
8
Red Smith
I like to get where the cabbage is cooking and catch the scents.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CABBAGE»

Discover the use of cabbage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cabbage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Reheated cabbage: tales of chemical degeneration
Most of the stories in Reheated Cabbage originally appeared in fugitive form in magazines and long-out-of-print anthologies in the 1990s.
Irvine Welsh, 2009
2
Cabbage, Cauliflower and Allied Vegetables
""Charles Allen's 1901 work is a comprehensive source of information on cultivating the various vegetables of the Brassicaceae or Cruciferae family, which includes cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, and brussels sprouts.""
Charles Allen, 2008
3
Cabbage Requiem
When a lonely widower harvests a glut of cabbage from his garden, he begins to transform from an aging curmudgeon who has given up on life into an engaging and often hilarious man.
R. L. Paul, 2004
4
Beyond the Cabbage Tree
"Great content, easy reading. Original and often very exciting and full of suspense." This book is based on real life and not fiction. From struggles to triumphs Noel's journey takes him to many corners of the globe.
Noel Kinvig, 2009
5
Cabbage Syndrome: The Social Construction of Dependence
An empirical study which describes and evaluates the role of day centres with regards to young people with physical impairments aged between 16 and 30.
Colin Barnes, 1990
6
The cabbage patch fib
A father at eight years old? It could only happen in a Paul Jennings story... and it does! But how...'
Paul Jennings, 1996
7
Pickled: From Curing Lemons to Fermenting Cabbage, the ...
Explains how to make pickles and offers recipes for a variety of pickles and relishes, main and side dishes that incorporate pickles, and cocktails featuring pickles.
Kelly Carrolata, 2012
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Farmers' Bulletin
INSECTS AND THEIR CONTROL The insects that cause the most damage to cauliflower and broccoli are several kinds of caterpillars, cutworms, and aphids, and the cabbage niaeeot.1 'to»"- Precautions in Handling Insecticides Most ...
9
Cabbage Patch Kids Adventure
Photographs of Cabbage Patch Dolls illustrate the story of an adventure in the woods.
Paul Dube, 1984
10
Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine: Old World and New World ...
Wild cabbage is native to parts of Britain and the Mediterranean, and cabbage has also been grown in cultivation at least since the time of the ancient Greeks ( Harrison et al. 1985: 156). Pliny ascribed great healing powers to the cabbage.
Gabrielle Hatfield, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CABBAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cabbage is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Greek stuffed cabbage leaves: Owen Pidgeon's twist on classic recipe
Plant cabbage seedlings quite deep, burying all the stem and roots into the soil, even up to the first two leaves. The buried stem will produce ... «Good Food, Jul 15»
2
Cabbage and carrot shortages in Latvian shops
Due to unfavorable market conditions and cold weather, there are shortages of locally grown cabbage and carrot in Latvian shops, according to ... «FreshPlaza, Jul 15»
3
Cooking Class: Pork and Cabbage Potstickers at Everyday Noodles
Notes: BYOB. Major credit cards accepted. High chairs and booster seats available. Dishes served family-style, with chopsticks; forks available ... «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»
4
Polish Summer Food Goes Way Beyond Cabbage and Potatoes
Shortly after I moved to Kraków from New York City, a Polish friend invited me to Easter brunch. I eagerly accepted: It would be my first Easter, ... «Munchies_ Food by VICE, Jul 15»
5
Cabbage Every Day, Serendipitous Potatoes
It is beyond me why I bother to write anything down. My brain must go out the end of the pen. If I misplace the paper, I'm completely lost. «The Vineyard Gazette - Martha's Vineyard News, Jul 15»
6
Crispy salmon with apple and cabbage remoulade
Crispy salmon with apple and cabbage remoulade. No Comments. Capers add ... Add cabbage, mint, dill, chives and aioli mixture. Toss well to combine. Step 3. «Taste.com.au, Jul 15»
7
Like mustard and wasabi? You should thank this catterpillar
Today, glucosinolates are natural components of many pungent plants such as mustard, cabbage and horseradish – you can simply think of ... «ZME Science, Jun 15»
8
Tesco Introduces Sweeter Variety Of Cabbage
The new variety, known as Sweet Summer Cabbage, is grown in Lincolnshire and has been naturally developed to regenerate interest in the ... «ESM - The European Supermarket Magazine, Jun 15»
9
Space station cabbage: To boldly grow where no veg has grown …
Vid Weather permitting, SpaceX will imminently fire off its seventh resupply mission to the International Space Station, and NASA has detailed ... «The Register, Jun 15»
10
Michigan Fresh broccoli and cabbage
Michigan grown broccoli and cabbage will soon be available. Whether you choose to purchase or grow these vegetables they are both a great ... «Michigan State University Extension, Jun 15»

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