Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A variety of the common cabbage with a compact head and leaves reticulately wrinkled. It is much cultivated for winter use, and has many subvarieties.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) A variety of the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea major), having curled leaves, -- much cultivated for winter use.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun A historical region of western Europe.
  • noun A hardy cabbage with dense, crinkled leaves.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a geographical region of historical importance; a former duchy in what is now southwestern France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy
  • noun head of soft crinkly leaves

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Examples

  • SAVOY -- Savoy is going high tech in its approach to stopping illegal roadside dumping.

    ESPNsoccernet 2010

  • SAVOY -- Savoy is going high tech in its approach to stopping illegal roadside dumping.

    ESPN.com 2010

  • SAVOY - Emergency personnel have been called to the scene of a crash in Savoy.

    News-Gazette.com 2010

  • SAVOY – The Illinois attorney general's office will seek a remedy for customers with unused gift cards to the recently closed Pages for All Ages bookstore in Savoy.

    The News-Gazette Local Stories 2009

  • SAVOY - The Champaign school board will hold a joint meeting with the Savoy village board Monday night to talk about the plans for building a new elementary school in Savoy.

    The News-Gazette Local Stories 2008

  • SAVOY - The Champaign school board will hold a joint meeting with the Savoy village board Monday night to talk about the plans for building a new elementary school in Savoy.

    The News-Gazette Local Stories 2008

  • SAVOY - The Champaign school board will hold a joint meeting with the Savoy village board Monday night to talk about the plans for building a new elementary school in Savoy.

    The News-Gazette Local Stories 2008

  • Those cards are now on display, in a tribute to days gone by, in what they call The Savoy

    Thestar.com - Home Page Toronto Star 2011

  • "I say, 'If Louis Savoy is winnaire, then will he haf me for wife.'"

    A DAUGHTER OF THE AURORA 2010

  • For me, the reunion dinner between Ben and his father at The Savoy is far more important dramatically than anything I might have to say about MI5 or Russian organized crime.

    Charles Cumming talks about his spy novels: The Hidden Man, A Spy By Nature and The Spanish Game 2010

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