cole
noun
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rapeseed.
cole
1 American
[kohl]
/ koʊl /
noun
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coles
plural
Cole
2
American
[kohl]
/ koʊl /
noun
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Nat “King” Nathaniel Adams Coles, 1919?–65, U.S. singer and jazz pianist.
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Thomas, 1801–48, U.S. painter, born in England: a founder of the Hudson River School of landscape painting.
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Timothy, 1852–1931, U.S. wood engraver, born in England.
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a male given name.
Cole
1
British
/ kəʊl /
noun
cole
2
British
/ kəʊl /
noun
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of cole
First recorded before 1000; Middle English col(e), Old English cāl, cāw(e)l; akin to German Kohl “cabbage”; from Latin caulis “stalk, cabbage”; cognate with Greek kaulós “stalk”; see kohlrabi
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As Ella Emhoff, one of Harris’ stepchildren, puts it, “How can you be ‘childless’ when you have cutie pie kids like cole and I.” But for Vance, real parents are biological parents.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2024
Unfortunately, this moth is a big fan of the "cole crops," which includes broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and kale.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2023
Some chow down right there — fish and shrimp, fries and cole slaw and mac and cheese, sometimes pierogies or a local noodle-and-cabbage delicacy called haluski.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
His side orders include baked beans, cole slaw, purple slaw, potato and pasta salads, a macaroni and cheese and an item he says you can’t find anywhere else in town.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 3, 2016
I’d find industrial-sized cans of corn that were nearly full and huge containers of cole slaw and tapioca pudding.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
To investigate this possibility, Cole and his colleagues developed an experiment that separated the surviving cells from the substances they released.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Ms. Cole, the author of the memoir “After Great Pain: A New Life Emerges,” writes on books and arts for the Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Like Cole, Segal emphasizes that “rights are not gifts from judges, but guarantees rooted in constitutional democracy and human dignity.”
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
She took in the maximum from Rick Cole, a former aide to City Controller Kenneth Mejia who serves as a council member in Pasadena and has been actively supporting Raman’s campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Cole felt a sudden rush of anger and jerked away.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
Monkes T. 143 in hoote coles he hath hym seluen raked.
From Erthe Upon Erthe by Various
Thus Hodge says of Gammer Gurton and Tib, her maid: "'Tis their daily looke, They cover so over the coles their eies be bleared with smooke."
From Notes and Queries, Number 203, September 17, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
So she cut a coloppe of baken, and broyled it on the coles, and began to eate theron a pace; she was so hungrye, that she toke no hede of drynke.
From Shakespeare Jest-Books Reprints of the Early and Very Rare Jest-Books Supposed to Have Been Used by Shakespeare by Hazlitt, William Carew
Sells all sorts of stationary wair, together with blacking balls, red herrins, ginger bread and coles, scrubbing brushes, trycle, Mouce traps, and other sweetemetes, Likewise.
From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various
Strikes makes coles dere, and likewise heverything helse as the men gives hover makin.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
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