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cucumbers

cucumbers is the plural of cucumber.

Meaning of cucumber

Noun

cucumber (countable and uncountable, plural cucumbers)

  1. A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus.
    • ASPARAGUS, cauliflowers, imperial Sileſia, royal and cabbage lettuces, burnet, purſlain, cucumbers, naſturtian flowers, peaſe and beans ſown in October, artichokes, ſcarlet ſtrawberries, and kidney beans.1767, A Lady [Hannah Glasse], The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Eaſy […] , page 326
  2. The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.
    • […]for it has been a common ſaying of phyſicians in England, that a cucumber ſhould be well ſliced, and dreſſed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.1785, James Boswell, quoting Samuel Johnson, Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnſon […] , London: Henry Baldwin, page 356
    Synonyms:
    cuke, cumber
  3. (figuratively, informal) A person who is calm and self-possessed.
    • The guy's a real cucumber.1999, Mark Grantham, The Brewery, page 275

Phrases with cucumbers

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Questions about cucumbers

What is cucumbers the plural of?
Cucumbers is the plural of cucumber.

Words near cucumbers in the dictionary

  1. cucumberish
  2. cucumberita
  3. cucumberitas
  4. cucumberless
  5. cucumberlike
  6. cucumbers
  7. cucumbertini
  8. cucumbertinis
  9. cucumbertree
  10. cucumbertrees
  11. cucumbery

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