Definition of CUCUMBER

cucumber

Plural: cucumbers

Noun

  • A long, green-skinned fruit, typically used as a vegetable in salads.
  • a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
  • cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
  • A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus.
  • The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.
  • A person who is calm and self-possessed.

Examples

  • His opponent was cool as a CUCUMBER, even when faced with a triple-word score opportunity.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English cucumer, cucumber, from Old French cocombre, ultimately from Latin cucumis, cucumerem (possibly through an Old Occitan intermediate). Probably of Pre-Italic substrate origin.

Synonyms

cucumber vine, Cucumis sativus, cuke, cumber

Scrabble Score: 16

cucumber: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cucumber: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cucumber: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

cucumber: valid Words With Friends Word