cabbage

B1 Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈkɛb.əd͡ʒ/ UK /ˈkæb.ɪd͡ʒ/ See IPA manual

Freq #8649

Meanings

1

noun
A round vegetable with thick green or white leaves, eaten cooked or raw.

She chopped a cabbage to make a fresh salad.
2

verb
To secretly take something that belongs to someone else.

Someone cabbaged my umbrella from the office.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a round vegetable with... cole greens

2 verb · to secretly take something... pinch

Word family

Forms cabbages

Derived forms cabbage-barkcabbage-headcabbageballcabbageheadcabbagelesscabbagelikecabbagetowncabbagewoodcabbagyturnip-cabbage

Related forms brassicabroccoflowerbroccolibroccolinicarbagecauliflower kalekohlrabisauerkraut

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Phrases (1)

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stuffed cabbage
cabbage filled with a mixture of other ingredients and cooked

Adjective + noun

Proverbs (1)

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Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education

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).

caboche Middle English caput Latin

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Food & Drink

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# cabbage

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈkɛb.əd͡ʒ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkæb.ɪd͡ʒ/
**Frequency rank:** 8649

## Meanings
1. A round vegetable with thick green or white leaves, eaten cooked or raw.
2. To secretly take something that belongs to someone else.

## Examples
- She chopped a cabbage to make a fresh salad.
- Someone cabbaged my umbrella from the office.

## Synonyms
- cole

## Derived Forms
- cabbage-bark
- cabbage-head
- cabbageball
- cabbagehead
- cabbageless
- cabbagelike
- cabbagetown
- cabbagewood
- cabbagy
- turnip-cabbage

## Related Forms
- brassica
- broccoflower
- broccoli
- broccolini
- carbage
- cauliflower
- kale
- kohlrabi
- sauerkraut

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: caboche
- Root: caput

## 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).

## AI Etymology
Cabbage comes 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). Cabbage follows a historical chain through Old French caboce, Anglo-Norman caboche, Middle English caboche, English cabbage.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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