kale

noun

ˈkāl 

1

a

: a hardy cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) with curled often finely incised leaves that do not form a dense head

also : its leaves used as a vegetable

b

: cole

2

slang : money

Synonyms

• bread [slang]
• bucks
• cabbage [slang]
• cash
• change
• chips
• coin
• currency
• dough
• gold
• green
• jack [slang]
• legal tender
• lolly [British]
• long green [slang]
• loot
• lucre
• money
• moola [slang]
• moolah
• needful
• pelf
• scratch [slang]
• shekels
• sheqels
• shekelim
• shekalim
• sheqalim
• tender
• wampum

Examples of kale in a Sentence

trying to scrape up the kale to buy more dope

Recent Examples on the Web

Get The Recipe 06 of 34 Creamy Kale Soup Lean into the seasonal abundance of kale for a vibrant bowl of good-for-you soup. —Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2024

Current menu standouts include crispy chive sticks and soft-shell crabs with sweet plum sauce for starters and black pepper ribeye and marinated butterflied branzino with crispy kale for mains. —Sherrie Nachman, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024

Plant the following vegetables from seed: bulb onions, shallots, leeks, chives, garlic, peas, radishes, beets, spinach, lettuce, chard, fava beans, celery, cabbage, kohlrabi and kale. —Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 10 Oct. 2024

Speaking of salads, Couric told the New York Times that her garden had an influx of kale this year, which led her to experiment with plenty of kale salads. —Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Scots, from Middle English (northern) cal, from Old English cāl — more at cole

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b

Phrases Containing kale

• sea kale

Kids Definition

kale

noun

ˈkā(ə)l 

: a hardy cabbage with curly leaves that do not form a head