zucchini
- noun
- A2
- Top 10000
- American English only
A long green vegetable with smooth skin and soft white flesh, cooked as part of a meal.
I grilled some zucchini with olive oil and a little salt.
She grows tomatoes, beans and zucchini in her small garden.
Cut the zucchini into thin slices before adding the eggs.
This soup is made with zucchini, potatoes and fresh herbs.
Common collocations: grilled zucchini · zucchini slices · stuffed zucchini · grow zucchini · zucchini soup
Part of: Vegetables, Cooking, The garden
Forms
- plural
- zucchini
- plural (alternative)
- zucchinis