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KAB-ij/ˈkæbɪdʒ/

A cabbage is a round vegetable with thick green or white leaves. Countable: a cabbage, cabbages; some cabbage when it is cut. Lettuce is also leafy but softer and usually eaten raw; broccoli is tree-shaped, not a round head of leaves. Mix-up: cabin (a small hut) — different ending.

Meaning

A round green or white vegetable with thick leaves.

Examples

• “Cut the cabbage for the salad.”
• “Chop the cabbage finely for coleslaw.”
• “This cabbage is too old and yellow.”

Good to know

a cabbage / some cabbage. Contrast: lettuce (softer, raw), broccoli (tree-shaped). Mix-up: cabin.

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