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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

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of cucumber

as a noun

plural
cucumbers