courgette
- noun
- B1
- Top 10000
- British English only
A long green vegetable with smooth skin and soft white flesh, cooked and eaten as a summer vegetable.
I grilled a few slices of courgette with olive oil and salt.
Our courgettes grew so fast that we gave some to neighbours.
Grate the courgette into the batter and stir it well.
She added chopped courgette to the soup near the end.
Common collocations: grated courgette · sliced courgette · grill a courgette · courgette soup · stuffed courgettes
Part of: Vegetables, Cooking, The garden