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# cabbage

«cabbage» in Mova's school dictionary: **a round vegetable made of tightly packed green, white or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a cabbage, cabbages; cabbage — uncountable as food)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A cabbage is a round vegetable made of tightly packed green, white or purple leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cabbage/#m1)

2) Cabbage is the leaves of this plant eaten as food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cabbage/#m2)

3) (rude, UK slang) Calling someone a cabbage means they seem dull or unable to think or move. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cabbage/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons red cabbage juice is used as an indicator: it changes colour in acids and alkalis. In healthy eating lessons cabbage is a vegetable full of vitamins. In everyday life it is used in coleslaw, sauerkraut and soups. In gardening, caterpillars eat cabbage leaves.

### examples

- We grew cabbages in the school garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cabbage/#x1)
- Red cabbage juice turns pink in vinegar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cabbage/#x2)
- Coleslaw is made with cabbage and carrot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cabbage/#x3)
- Caterpillars made holes in the cabbage leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cabbage/#x4)
- Nan cooked cabbage with the roast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cabbage/#x5)
- A cabbage weighs about a kilogram. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cabbage/#x6)
- (rude) «Stop sitting there like a cabbage!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cabbage/#x7)
- See these lovely cabbages and these fresh herbs! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cabbage/#x8)

### note

Countable for the whole vegetable (two cabbages), uncountable for the food (some cabbage). Spelling: double b, ends in -age. Calling a person a cabbage is unkind.

### In the corpora

- [Chop red cabbage, soak it in hot water, and you get a purple juice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/17-indicators-the-red-cabbage-rainbow/0/)
- [The colour substance in red cabbage changes shape at different pH, and each shape has a different colour.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/17-indicators-the-red-cabbage-rainbow/10/)
- [Blueberries hold the same kind of colour substance as red cabbage, so too much baking soda in the batter turns them greenish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles/6/)
- ["Found under a cabbage leaf" is a jokey story told to small children about where babies come from (UK).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/12-birth-and-couples/6/)
- [vareNYky are dumplings filled with potato, cheese, cabbage or cherries, often made together at the table; cherry vareNYky are sweet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/11-the-flag-and-whats-cooking/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cabbage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cabbage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.