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cucumber definition

cu·cum·ber (kyo̵̅o̅′kum′bər; occas., -kəm-)

noun

  1. a trailing annual vine (Cucumis sativus) of the gourd family, grown for its edible fruit
  2. the long fruit, with a green rind and firm, white flesh, gathered before fully mature and used in salads or preserved as pickles

Etymology: ME cucomer < OFr or L; OFr cocombre < L cucumis (gen. cucumeris)

cucumber Idioms

cool as a cucumber

  1. comfortably cool
  2. calm and self-possessed

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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cucumber Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • slice: Cut the triplet from the cucumber, and then continue slicing the cucumber in the same way.

Adjective modifier

  • pickled: It was all a long way from pickled cucumbers in 1950s Acton.. .

Modifies a noun

  • sandwich: You might like to make up cucumber sandwiches using the shrimp instead of butter.

Noun used with modifier

  • sea: Dale found a big sea cucumber, about 60 cms long, speckled like a chocolate chip cookie.
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cucumber quotes

   A cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.

-Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson

You are offered a piece of bread and butter that feels like a damp handkerchiefand sometimes, when cucumber is added to it, like a wet one.

-MacKenzie, Sir (Edward Montague) Compton

Where the satyrs are chattering, nymphs with their flattering Glimpse of the forest enhance All the beauty of marrow and cucumber narrow And Ceres will join in the dance.

-Sitwell, Dame Edith Louisa

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