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How to use cabbage in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Cabbage means an edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves. Example: “Cabbage is good for you.”

Examples of cabbage by meaning

nounAn 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

nounThe leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.

  • Cabbage is good for you.

nounUsed as a term of endearment.

  • YASHA (kissing her) My little cabbage!2009, Tom Stoppard, Helen Rappaport, The Cherry Orchard, translation of Вишнëвый сад ("Vishniovy sad") by Anton Chekhov, published 1904...

nounSynonym of spinach (“thick rough”).

  • That shot left me in the cabbage!

verbTo form a head like that of the cabbage.

  • to make lettuce cabbage

verbTo do nothing; to idle; veg out.

  • How effective the project was is a moot point, because there were never any studies carried out to see whether children benefited from cabbaging in front of the TV rather than interacting with a teacher.2006, Steve Mckevitt, Why the World Is Full of Useless Things, page 38

verbTo embezzle or purloin; to pilfer, to steal.

  • Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC

More sentences with cabbage

  • The man kept a pen with two pigs that he fed everything from carrots to cabbage.From the entry pig
  • Brussels sprouts reach a length of 4 centimeters and resemble clusters of miniature cabbages.From the entry brussels sprout
  • This kind of cabbage heads early.From the entry head
  • The tags read: Pirogue with meat: 45 kopeiki; pirogue with cabbage: 35; vatrushka: 25.2023, Victoria Von Berg, chapter 22, in Ukrainian Rhapsody, New York, N.Y.: Austin Macauley Publishers LLC, →ISBN. From the entry kopeika
  • A higher Cd concentration was found in tomato and pakchoi than in cabbage and maize.2019, “Agronomic Management for Cadmium Stress Mitigation”, in Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad, and Kamrun Nahar, editor…. From the entry companion planting
  • They krauted cabbage, picked saskatoons and dried them for the winter.2017 June 22, Franca Iacovetta, Paula Draper, Robert Ventresca, A Nation of Immigrants: Women, Workers, and Communities in Canadian…. From the entry kraut
  • They are just as commonly filled with meat or cabbage as they are with jam.2017, Bonnie Frumkin Morales with Deena Prichep, “[Hot Zakuski] Things Wrapped in Dough”, in Kachka: A Return to Russian Cooking, New…. From the entry ponchik
  • Well, I might be a hooraw, but I didn't creep out of no patch of skunk cabbage.2016, William T. Delamar, Atavus Falls, →ISBN. From the entry hooraw
  • “I said that Betsey is a cabbage head,” said May, very loudly this time.2014, Malorie Blackman, Hurricane Betsey. From the entry cabbage head
  • I look over and see that the ingredients for this would be turnip, rhubarb and cabbage.2012, Pauline McLynn, Jenny Q, Stitched Up. From the entry yumtastic
  • Opt for whole produce instead of prebagged salad mixes, lettuce, cabbage, and carrots.2008, David Alexander, Biggest Loser Family Cookbook, page 74. From the entry prebagged
  • Jean Bean was responsible for the twenty comical characters protecting transplanted cabbages, cauliflowers and calabreses.2007, Gregory Holyoake, Scarecrows, page 171. From the entry calabrese
  • Baltic carving constructed of "fatty turbid" amber was Kumst, which in German means cabbage or sauerkraut.2006, Patty C. Rice, Amber: Golden Gem of the Ages, page 11. From the entry kumst
  • Kay bought two bowls of haluski—or cabbages and noodles—a festival staple in western Pennsylvania.1996, Craig Kennedy, Pennsylvania Fairs and Country Festivals, Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 73. From the entry haluski
  • Sometimes a little vegetables, sometimes a little meat, sometimes a little soup with noodles, tomatoes and cabbage.1983, Andrew Harvey, A Journey in Ladakh. From the entry thukpa
  • The old stones, covered by wild dill and skunk cabbage, are an epitaphologist’s delight.1977 September 25, “Reopened Silver Mine Changing Population In Oregon Town; Slowly Bringing Old And New Ideas Together”, in The Sunday…. From the entry epitaphologist
  • In our poll, the Polish cabbage borsch won out over the Russian but it was close.1974, Stephen Longstreet, Ethel Longstreet, “[Poland: Soup] Bialystok Cabbage Borsch”, in The Joys of Jewish Cooking, Garden City, N.Y.…. From the entry borsch
  • Several kinds of soup made with cabbage and sauerkraut are related to the borshchs of Russia.1973, Kay Shaw Nelson, “Romanian Cookery”, in The Eastern European Cookbook, Chicago, Ill.: Henry Regnery Company, →LCCN, page 143. From the entry borshch
  • They consume table scraps, coffee grounds, chicken mash, cottonseed meal, cornmeal, lettuce, celery, cabbage, and kitchen fat.1971 December 1, “How It's Done: Build An Earthworm Bed. Reprinted from Texas Parks and Wildlife magazine”, in Field and Stream, volume…. From the entry red wiggler
  • A primary ingredient in okonomiyaki, a guest-participation dish from Japan, is chopped cabbage.1966 February 17, Craig Claiborne, “A Japanese Version of Swiss Fondue Is Okonomiyaki, or What-You-Will”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry okonomiyaki
  • Coulibiac resembles an oversized turnover made with a rich pastry and, as filling, salmon, meat or cabbage.1959 May 28, Craig Claiborne, “Cabbage, Beef, Salmon Appetizing Fillings Used”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times…. From the entry coulibiac
  • In some individuals various foods are flatulogenic, especially milk, legumes, and cabbage.1953, Modern Medicine Annual. From the entry flatulogenic
  • Prepare your lethal weapon while I hobnob for the last time with cabbages and kings.”1926 July 22, “The Crow’s-Nest”, in The Royal Gazette and Colonist Daily, volume 6, number 172, Hamilton, Bermuda, →OCLC, page 3. From the entry asinicide
  • It wasn't the first time, I reflected, that peace has been found among cabbages.1920, [Elizabeth von Arnim], “September 6th”, in In the Mountains, 1st American edition, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company…. From the entry demur
  • Of other fodder crops the kales, cabbages, silver-beets, soya beans, and maizes have received attention.1914, The Annual Report of the Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce, 1913, Wellington: […] John Mackay, […], →OCLC, page 55. From the entry silver-beet
  • You save your souls here, eating cabbage, and think you are the righteous.1912, Fyodor Dostoevsky, “Why is such a Man Alive?”, in Constance Garnett, transl., The Brothers Karamazov […], New York, N.Y.: The…. From the entry gudgeon
  • I was passing below, and I seen your mountainy sheep eating cabbages in Jimmy's field.1907 January 26 (first performance), John M[illington] Synge, The Playboy of the Western World […], Dublin: Maunsell and Company […]…. From the entry mend
  • To the bowl, add cucumber, cabbage and carrot.2025 March 12, David Tanis, “Cucumber-Cabbage Salad With Sesame”, in New York Times Cooking, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry cucumber
  • The sandwich is Ukrainian: syrniki pancake buns with chicken Kiev, topped with Swiss cheese, sauteed onions and cabbage.2020 February 2, Tyler Jett, “Des Moines businesses prepare for caucus rush”, in Des Moines Sunday Register, volume 171, number 191, Des…. From the entry syrnik
  • But none drew my eye quite like the cabbage raabs, which looked like red and green leafy microphones.2018, Paul Zitarelli, 36 Bottles of Wine: Less Is More with 3 Recommended Wines per Month Plus Seasonal Recipe Pairings, Sasquatch Books…. From the entry raab
  • The cabbage soup is thickened with flour, a lump of meat swimming on the surface of the broth.2017 July 5, Francis R. Nicosia, The Three Romes: Moscow, Constantinople, and Rome, Routledge, →ISBN, page 64. From the entry when shrimps whistle
  • We give them dried oats and green cabbage but they should also be able to survive on grass, carrots, anything really.2013 May 24, mister_moustachio, “We got our grasshoppers in today. I love how they go towards the light”, in r/Entomology, Reddit. From the entry schistocerca
  • Sweat the carrots, onion, celery, leeks, and cabbage in the butter until translucent not allowing them to color in any way.2007, Patty Elsberry, Matt Bolus, Simply Vanilla: Recipes for Everyday Use, page 93. From the entry sweat

Meaning of cabbage

  1. noun An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
  2. noun Any of various cultivars of the species Brassica oleracea.
  3. noun The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.

Full definition of cabbage

Questions about cabbage in a sentence

How do you use cabbage in a sentence?
Cabbage is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Cabbage is good for you.”
What is a short sentence with cabbage?
“to make lettuce cabbage”
What does cabbage mean?
Cabbage means an edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.

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