cucumber
- noun
- B1
- Top 10000
A long green vegetable with a firm, watery pale inside, usually eaten raw in salads or sandwiches.
I sliced a cucumber into the salad with tomatoes and onion.
She peeled the cucumber because the skin tasted slightly bitter.
Cucumbers grow quickly in the greenhouse if you water them daily.
We made thin cucumber sandwiches for the afternoon tea.
Common collocations: slice a cucumber · a slice of cucumber · peel a cucumber · cucumber salad · cucumber sandwich · pickled cucumber · fresh cucumber
Part of: Vegetables, Cooking, The garden