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cucumber
[ kyoo-kuhm-ber ]
noun
- a creeping plant, Cucumis sativus, of the gourd family, occurring in many cultivated forms.
- the edible, fleshy fruit of this plant, of a cylindrical shape with rounded ends and having a green, warty skin.
- any of various allied or similar plants.
- the fruit of any such plant.
cucumber
/ ˈkjuːˌkʌmbə /
noun
- a creeping cucurbitaceous plant, Cucumis sativus, cultivated in many forms for its edible fruit Compare squirting cucumber
- the cylindrical fruit of this plant, which has hard thin green rind and white crisp flesh
- any of various similar or related plants or their fruits
- cool as a cucumbervery calm; self-possessed
Word History and Origins
Origin of cucumber1
Word History and Origins
Origin of cucumber1
Idioms and Phrases
see cool as a cucumber .Example Sentences
Try explaining what a cucumber tastes like to a 19th century Inuit.
Together, we decide that the drink should be called a Cucumber Superlative.
Allergies—Mix one part cucumber juice with one part beet root juice and three parts carrot juice.
“That scallop dish is just a raw scallop with a grilled cucumber and cucumber vinaigrette,” said McGarry.
Basil, cucumber, mangoes, the cooing of turtledoves on torrid afternoons, the screech of buses coming to a sudden halt.
Scarcely less inspiring were the cucumber-trees, or mountain magnolias, which here reached the perfection of growth.
Ornament the top with chopped aspic and alternate slices of lemon and cucumber round.
Arrange the pieces of rabbit in a circle, put the cucumber in the middle, and pour the sauce over the fillets.
Make a sauce of white stock, and put the pieces of rabbit into it with the cucumber until it is quite done.
Encouraged by his success, Cucumber fell to capering about in a squatting position, singing the refrain of: 'Shildi-budildi!'
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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