cabbage
/ˈkæbɪdʒ/noun
उच्चारण कैबिज
पत्तागोभी, बंदगोभी
Basic word
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[C, U]
a round vegetable with large green, purplish-red or white leaves that can be eaten raw or cooked
पत्तागोभी, बंदगोभी
- cabbage salad
- Mother added shredded cabbage to the parathas.
- Cabbage grows well in the cool winter months.
+ 1 more example
- He bought a kilo of cabbage and some carrots from the market.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
cabbage (uncountable / countable)
As a food it is usually uncountable (some cabbage); as a whole vegetable it is countable (a cabbage, two cabbages).
भोजन के रूप में यह प्रायः अगणनीय है (some cabbage); पूरी सब्ज़ी के रूप में गणनीय (a cabbage)।
- Add some cabbage to the soup.
- She bought two cabbages from the market.
a head / piece / leaf of cabbage
Use these expressions to count or measure it.
इसे गिनने या मापने के लिए ये अभिव्यक्तियाँ प्रयोग होती हैं।
- Peel a leaf of cabbage and wash it carefully.
- A head of cabbage costs thirty rupees.
cabbage + noun
Used before another noun for dishes and plants: cabbage soup, cabbage curry, cabbage field.
व्यंजनों और पौधों के लिए यह दूसरे noun से पहले आता है: cabbage curry, cabbage field।
- Mother cooked cabbage curry for dinner.
cabbage in Indian cooking
Cabbage is used in Indian cooking in sabzi, paratha, pakora and Indo-Chinese dishes such as manchurian.
भारतीय खाना पकाने में पत्तागोभी सब्ज़ी, पराठे, पकौड़े और Indo-Chinese व्यंजनों में प्रयोग होती है।
- Cabbage is used in sabzi and paratha.
- Cabbage manchurian is a popular Indo-Chinese dish.
+Collocations 5
adjective + cabbage
freshgreenredshreddedboiledpickled
- Red cabbage makes a colourful salad.
verb + cabbage
chopshredboilstir-frygrowstuff
- Shred the cabbage finely before adding it to the pan.
cabbage + noun
leafsoupcurrypatchrollsalad
- Each cabbage leaf was filled with spiced rice.
measure + of cabbage
a head ofa leaf ofa kilo ofa bowl ofa slice of
- He bought a kilo of cabbage for the weekly cooking.
cabbage + dish
cabbage currycabbage soupcabbage parathacabbage pakora
- Cabbage pakora is a favourite snack on rainy days.
“More examples 6
- The farmer sold cabbage and cauliflower at the winter market.
किसान ने सर्दियों के बाज़ार में पत्तागोभी और फूलगोभी बेचीं।
- Cabbage is rich in vitamin C and fibre.
पत्तागोभी में विटामिन C और फाइबर भरपूर होता है।
- Radhika's grandmother made cabbage paratha for breakfast.
राधिका की दादी ने नाश्ते में पत्तागोभी के पराठे बनाए।
- Caterpillars ate holes in the cabbage leaves.
सूँड़ियों ने पत्तागोभी के पत्तों में छेद कर दिए।
- The cabbages in our school garden grew to a large size this winter.
हमारे स्कूल के बगीचे की पत्तागोभी इस सर्दी में बड़ी हो गई।
- A heavy head of cabbage was sold for only twenty rupees at the end of the day.
दिन के अंत में पत्तागोभी का एक भारी गोला केवल बीस रुपये में बिका।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ Cabbages is good for health.
✓ Cabbage is good for health.
For the food in general, use uncountable 'cabbage' with a singular verb.
सामान्य भोजन के रूप में अगणनीय 'cabbage' के साथ singular verb आती है।
✗ The cabbage are fresh today.
✓ The cabbage is fresh today.
A singular subject takes a singular verb.
Singular subject के साथ singular verb आती है।
AaSpelling
cab·bage
?Which word?
Keep the vegetable words together: cabbage (patta gobhi), cauliflower (phool gobhi), spinach (palak), radish (mooli), brinjal or aubergine (baingan), lady's finger or okra (bhindi), bitter gourd (karela), bottle gourd (lauki).
सब्ज़ियों के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: cabbage (पत्तागोभी), cauliflower (फूलगोभी), spinach (पालक), radish (मूली), brinjal या aubergine (बैंगन), lady's finger या okra (भिंडी), bitter gourd (करेला), bottle gourd (लौकी)।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Science: red cabbage juice can be used as a natural acid-base indicator.
विज्ञान में लाल पत्तागोभी का रस प्राकृतिक अम्ल-क्षार सूचक के रूप में प्रयुक्त हो सकता है।