cucumber
/kjˈukʌmbɝ/noun3 syllables
Cucumber means: a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit.
Synonyms for cucumber3
noun, as in a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
cucumber vine, Cucumis sativus
noun, as in cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
cuke
What does cucumber mean?2
noun
1
a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
2
cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cucumber in a sentence
- Tabloids assert that the killer cucumber would have sodomised the mad cow.sacredceltic
- I like to eat yellow rice with cucumber pickles.halucnation
- Cucumber sandwiches are a classic tea-time snack.megamanenm
- The cucumber is bitter? Then throw it away!Adelpa
- It's not clear whether the cucumber infected the people, or if the people infected the cucumber.Scott
- I thought I would be nervous, but I was cool as a cucumber.CK
- I thought that I would be nervous, but I was cool as a cucumber.CK
- Watch the cucumber, see how he moves.espamatics
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Forms of cucumber
as a noun
- plural
- cucumbers