Is there a plural for cabbage?

cabbages - Simple English Wiktionary.
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Is it cabbage or cabbages?

The noun cabbage can be countable or uncountable. In more general, commonly used, contexts, the plural form will also be cabbage. However, in more specific contexts, the plural form can also be cabbages e.g. in reference to various types of cabbages or a collection of cabbages.
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What is the plural of broccoli?

broccolis - Simple English Wiktionary.
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Is there plural for lettuce?

lettuces - Simple English Wiktionary.
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What is the correct plural?

The correct spelling of plurals usually depends on what letter the singular noun ends in. 1 To make regular nouns plural, add –s to the end. cat – cats. house – houses. 2 If the singular noun ends in –s, –ss, –sh, –ch, –x, or –z, add -es to the end to make it plural.
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What is the plural of fish?

The plural of fish is usually fish. When referring to more than one species of fish, especially in a scientific context, you can use fishes as the plural. The zodiac sign Pisces is also often referred to as fishes.
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What is the plural of octopus?

Octopuses ✅

Generally, when a noun enters into English, it is pluralized as an English word rather than in its original form. Octopuses may sound peculiar to some, but this is the preferred plural.
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Is there a plural of spaghetti?

It turns out that many amongst us didn't realise that 'spaghetti' was plural, and that the singular form for 'spaghetti', to describe meaning one strand of the thin pasta, is 'spaghetto'.
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What is the plural of cauliflower?

Noun. cauliflower (countable and uncountable, plural cauliflowers)
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What is the plural of spinach?

spinach (countable and uncountable, plural spinaches) A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.
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What is the plural for shrimp?

plural shrimps or shrimp. : any of numerous small mostly marine shellfish that are crustaceans related to the lobsters, that have a long slender body, an abdomen that is very thin from side to side, and long legs, and that include some important as food. : a very small or unimportant person or thing. shrimplike. -ˌlīk.
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What is the plural of zucchini?

zucchini (plural zucchinis or zucchini)
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What is the plural of avocado?

They informed dictionary publishers of the change — and that the plural was spelled "avocados," not "avocadoes" — and named their own group the California Avocado Association. The approach worked. Today, California accounts for nearly 90 percent of all avocados grown in the United States.
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Why are people called cabbages?

If someone refers to a very sick person or someone with a disability as a cabbage, they are saying in an offensive way that the sick person is so badly brain-damaged or ill that they cannot do anything.
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What are baby cabbages called?

Brussels sprouts are cruciferous vegetable that look like miniature green cabbages (and indeed they are a part of the cabbage family.) Nutritionally, Brussels sprouts are small but mighty: they offer fiber, a range of vitamins and minerals, and even antioxidants.
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Are cauliflower cabbages?

cauliflower, (Brassica oleracea, variety botrytis), highly modified form of cabbage in the mustard family (Brassicaceae), grown for its edible masses of partially developed flower structures and fleshy stalks.
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What is the plural of beets?

beet (plural beets)
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What is the plural of celery?

celery (usually uncountable, plural celeries)
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Is there a plural for salmon?

salmons - Simple English Wiktionary.
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How do you say pizza in plural?

pizzas - Simple English Wiktionary.
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What is the plural of pizza?

/ˈpiːtsə/ noun. plural pizzas. Britannica Dictionary definition of PIZZA.
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What is a single macaroni called?

Maccheroni (single maccherone)
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What's the plural of platypus?

However, given that “platypodes” has for some unfathomable reason never become popular, the dictionary goes on to say that the accepted plural is “platypuses” or (particularly in scientific and conservation contexts) “platypus”.
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What is the plural of giraffe?

Singular. giraffe. Plural. giraffes. The plural form of giraffe; more than one (kind of) giraffe.
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What is the plural of moose?

The only correct plural of moose is moose. Sometimes, people add an s to moose, but that is incorrect. Moose derives from Algonquian, a Native American language. It kept the same plural ending it had in its original language instead of adopting the normal s ending of most English plurals.
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