gherkin
the small, immature fruit of a variety of cucumber, used in pickling.
Also called bur gherkin, gooseberry gourd, West Indian gherkin . the small, spiny fruit of a tropical vine, Cucumis anguria, of the gourd family, used in pickling.
the plant yielding this fruit.
a small pickle, especially one made from this fruit.
Origin of gherkin
1Words Nearby gherkin
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use gherkin in a sentence
Bakkus took her hand which held a fork on which was prodded a gherkin--they were at lunch--and raised it to his lips.
The Mountebank | William J. LockeSpread toast with horseradish butter, lay on strips of tunnyfish and garnish with slices of gherkin.
Stevenson Memorial Cook Book | VariousTommy says a gherkin once saved his father's life by killing a snake.
Tommy's father gave the gherkin a lot of money to put in his pocket, but he wouldn't take it.
I rode up and into the tent, and, looking about, saw among other things one bottle of gherkin pickles about one quart of them.
British Dictionary definitions for gherkin (1 of 2)
/ (ˈɡɜːkɪn) /
the immature fruit of any of various cucumbers, used for pickling
a tropical American cucurbitaceous climbing plant, Cucumis anguria
the small edible fruit of this plant
Origin of gherkin
1British Dictionary definitions for Gherkin (2 of 2)
/ (ˈɡɜːkɪn) /
the Gherkin an informal name for Swiss Re Tower
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse