Adjacent Words

Cole definitions

	Tweet

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COLE, n. The general name of all sorts of cabbage or brassica; but we generally use it in its compounds, cole-wort, cauliflower, etc.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head [syn: kale, kail, cole, borecole, colewort, Brassica oleracea acephala]
2: coarse curly-leafed cabbage [syn: kale, kail, cole]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English c?l, from Latin caulis stem, cabbage; akin to Greek kaulos stem, Latvian kauls Date: before 12th century any of several brassicas; especially any of various crop plants (as broccoli, kale, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, and kohlrabi) derived from the same wild cabbage (Brassica oleracea)

Merriam Webster's

biographical name Thomas 1801-1848 American (English-born) painter

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (usu. in comb.) 1 cabbage. 2 = RAPE(2). Etymology: ME f. ON kál f. L caulis stem, cabbage

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cole Cole, n. [OE. col, caul, AS. cawl, cawel, fr. L. caulis, the stalk or stem of a plant, esp. a cabbage stalk, cabbage, akin to Gr. ?. Cf. Cauliflower, Kale.] (Bot.) A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of B. oleracea called rape and coleseed.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Cabbage.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Money. Post the cole: pay down the money.