red cabbage
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1.8
- noun
- /rɛd ˈkæbɪdʒ/
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repollo rojo
- The chef prepared a savory dish featuring red cabbage braised with apples and spices.
- shredded red cabbage
- braised red cabbage
- thinly sliced red cabbage
For the record, I hate red cabbage and I hate ginger.
- For the record, I hate red cabbage and I hate ginger.
- Also cabbage, red cabbage saw the biggest increase.
Examples
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For dinner, we had a vibrant salad made with shredded red cabbage and carrots.
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Then we've got our red cabbage right here, which I can start harvesting some of these.
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Can I have some more red cabbage?
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For the record, I hate red cabbage and I hate ginger.
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You love red cabbage, Ralphie.
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Mashed potatoes, green beans, red cabbage.
Fiction book (1999) -
This is red cabbage, and red cabbage is functioning like a natural pH meter.
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Served it with sautéed red cabbage and apple, asparagus—what a pretty plate it made.
Blog text (5) -
There were five slices: red cabbage, onions, leeks, carrots, and turnips.
Fiction book (2001) -
A colorful side dish of red cabbage complemented the roasted chicken beautifully.
Synonyms
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1.0
A round vegetable with thick leaves eaten raw or cooked
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1.4
A round vegetable with a large firm head of leaves used for cooking
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is literally the combination of the adjective 'red' (a color) and the noun 'cabbage' (the vegetable), so a learner who knows both words will understand it refers to a cabbage that is red/purplish. This adjective+noun composition is a transparent, cross-linguistically common construction and therefore immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Red cabbage is a simple name that describes what it looks like: red for its purple-red leaves and cabbage for the vegetable itself, so farmers and cooks could tell it apart from green cabbage. That's why red cabbage means 'a cabbage with purple-red leaves' used in salads and cooking.