Interestingly, the “muffler” that warms your neck is related to the “muffler” that deadens the sound of your car's exhaust, a usage that showed up at the end of the 19th century. Both senses are derived from the verb “muffle,” which comes from moufle, the same Middle French term believed to be the source of “muff.”
MUFF is a valid scrabble word.
Standing for designated ugly fat friend, duff is a rude, though often humorous term people use for that one friend who makes you look better.
Muff (from Irish: Magh) is a village in County Donegal, Ireland. It is near the mouth of the River Foyle (where it flows into Lough Foyle) and sits close to the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The village of Culmore and the city of Derry are to the south in Northern Ireland.
Slang. Something, such as coins or printed bills, used as a medium of exchange: cash, currency, lucre, money.
verb (used with object), cadged, cadg·ing.to obtain by imposing on another's generosity or friendship. to borrow without intent to repay. to beg or obtain by begging.
Cabbage (comprising several cultivars of Brassica oleracea) is a leafy green, red (purple), or white (pale green) biennial plant grown as an annual vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads.
Noun. cannage (masc.) ( cannages) caning (working with canes, cane craftwork)
The word broccoli comes from the Italian plural of broccolo, which means "the flowering crest of a cabbage", and is the diminutive form of brocco, meaning "small nail" or "sprout". Broccoli is classified in the Italica cultivar group of the species Brassica oleracea.
The word "cauliflower" derives from the Italian cavolfiore, meaning "cabbage flower". The ultimate origin of the name is from the Latin words caulis (cabbage) and flōs (flower).
In this page you can discover 62 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for cabbage, like: cash, currency, broccoli, brussels-sprouts, coleslaw, colewort, collards, kale, sauerkraut, savoy and lucre.
(Entry 1 of 3) 1 —used as a function word to indicate a point of reckoningnorth of the lake. 2a —used as a function word to indicate origin or derivationa man of noble birth. b —used as a function word to indicate the cause, motive, or reasondied of flu.
The word "cole" derives from the Middle English word "col". The Romans called these crops "caulis", and the Greeks called them "kaulion". All these words mean "stem". This group of plants includes cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, collards, kohlrabi, and Brussels sprouts.
