Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See kale.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An obsolete spelling of coal.
- n. The general name of all sorts of cabbage or plants of the genus Brassica: chiefly used in its compounds, cole-rape, cole-seed, colewort, etc. Also cale and kale.
- n. The head.
- n. One of the small conical heaps in which hay is usually thrown up in the field after being cut; a haycock.
- n. Treachery; deceit; falsehood; stratagem.
Wiktionary
- n. Cabbage.
- n. Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed).
- n. Scotland A stack or stook of hay.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of Brassica oleracea called
rape andcoleseed .
WordNet 3.0
- n. coarse curly-leafed cabbage
- n. a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
Etymologies
- Middle English col, from Old English cāl, from Latin caulis, cabbage. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Yes | No | Report from calvin cole wrote 1 year 21 weeks ago”
“Comments you can tell monk that a couple of friends of yours in their 30's had the same idea, but it turns out cole is right - and not only do you get hungry, you also might get scared and need a hug [this actually happened to my friend who plays survival horror games far too much]. one of the reasons i'd like to have a kid is so that she or he could play video games with my friend's son all night long, just as we do. ah, the dreams we pass on to the younger generations ...”
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: Coley
“Consumption of brassica vegetables (also known as cole crops) such as broccoli, kale, cauliflower, turnips and cabbage, for example, appeared to reduce the risk of cancer in the upper colon, while both total fruit and vegetable intake (and total vegetable intake alone) reduced the risk of cancer in the lower colon.”
“With hook and line we caught chiefly a blackish fish of the size of a haddock, called cole-fish by the seamen, but differing much from that known by the same name in Europe; and another of the same size, of a reddish colour, with a little beard, which we called night-walkers, from the greatest number being caught in the night.”
“There was a little "cole" or haystack of the smallest sort close at hand.”
“A monkey dish is the small shallow dish in which a side dish, such as cole slaw or applesauce is served.”
“The name is derived from the German and Dutch words "cole" for cabbage and "slaw" for salad.”
“As for the cole slaw: I fail to see that as an important element.”
“The cole slaw, unfortunately, was pretty bad, an undistinguished lump of mayonnaise interrupted by cabbage and even — horror — a bit of iceberg.”
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