cabbage: Meaning and Definition of

cab•bage

1. any of several cultivated varieties of a plant, Brassica oleracea capitata, of the mustard family, having a short stem and leaves formed into a compact, edible head.
2. the head or leaves of this plant, eaten cooked or raw.
3. money, esp. paper money.
1. a stupid, dull, or spiritless person.
2. a mentally impaired person who is unable to live independently; vegetable.

cab•bage

1. cloth scraps that remain after a garment has been cut from a fabric and that by custom the tailor may claim.
2. Also calledcab.such scraps used for reprocessing.

1. to steal; pilfer: He cabbaged whole yards of cloth.