cucumber

noun
UK /ˈkjuːkʌmbə/
US /ˈkjuːkʌmbər/

A cucumber is a long green vegetable that is cool and crunchy.

She sliced a cucumber into the salad.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A creeping vine plant that bears cucumbers.

The cucumber climbed up the garden trellis.

3. A pickled cucumber, often eaten as a snack.

He ate a dill cucumber with his sandwich.

4. A pale green color like a cucumber's skin.

The walls were painted a soft cucumber green.