cabbages
Syllables: cab·bagesUK/ˈkæbɪd͡ʒɪz/
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British/ˈkabɪd͡ʒɪz/
cabbages is the plural of cabbage.
cabbages is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cabbage.
Meaning of cabbage
Noun
cabbage (countable and uncountable, plural cabbages)
- An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
- In aphrodisiac preparation, wild cabbage was frequently an ingredient.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 53
- Any of various cultivars of the species Brassica oleracea.
- The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
- Cabbage is good for you.
- A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
- After the car crash, he became a cabbage.
- Used as a term of endearment.
- If you deceive me, Yasha, I don't know if my nerves could stand it. YASHA (kissing her) My little cabbage! Of course, a girl must know her place.2009, Tom Stoppard, Helen Rappaport, The Cherry Orchard, translation of Вишнëвый сад ("Vishniovy sad") by Anton Chekhov, published 1904, page 31
- Money.
Phrases with cabbages
- red cabbages
- sea cabbages
- napa cabbages
- palm cabbages
- wild cabbages
- beach cabbages
- Milan cabbages
- Savoy cabbages
- skunk cabbages
- white cabbages
- celery cabbages
- kaffir cabbages
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Questions about cabbages
- What is cabbages the plural of?
- Cabbages is the plural of cabbage.
- How do you pronounce cabbages?
- Cabbages is pronounced /ˈkæbɪd͡ʒɪz/ (UK).
Words near cabbages in the dictionary
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