Chop up some cucumber and carrots or serve with nachos for a healthy treat.
The Sun (2017)
Finally, you have to have a cucumber sandwich.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It's a real joy served with lightly pickled cucumber.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I might have toast with cheese, ham and bits of cucumber and tomato.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They had to share a cucumber sandwich.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Use a potato peeler to peel the cucumber.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Place the burgers with blue cheese and a few slices of pickled cucumbers on top.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Use thin strips of cucumber skin for the eyebrows and mouth.
The Sun (2010)
Some guys are cool as a cucumber.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Serve with lemon wedges and a cucumber and tomato salad on the side.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They do not spend their afternoons cutting the crusts off cucumber sandwiches.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
An obituary compared her to a cucumber sandwich and a knitted jumper.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Peel cucumber and keep skin for noses and mouths.
The Sun (2015)
Serve with the pickled cucumber on the side and cut the remaining lime into wedges for squeezing over.
The Sun (2015)
Peel the cucumber and split lengthways.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He was cool as a cucumber.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
She snacks on cucumber and tomatoes.
The Sun (2013)
Peel the cucumber and slice finely.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Serve with potatoes and pickled cucumber.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Top with chicken, spring onion and cucumber.
The Sun (2011)
Trim the lettuces, cut into random wedges and place on top of the carrots and cucumber.
The Sun (2013)
Stir in the cucumber and spring onions, then leave to sit for two minutes.
The Sun (2016)
Serve with carrot, cucumber and pepper sticks and apple.
The Sun (2012)
So are you as cool as a cucumber, or about to blow?
The Sun (2008)
Salad, tomatoes and cucumber count towards your five a day.
The Sun (2013)
In other languages
cucumber
British English: cucumber /ˈkjuːˌkʌmbə/ NOUN
A cucumber is a long dark green vegetable.
...a cheese and cucumber sandwich.
American English: cucumber
Arabic: خِيَار
Brazilian Portuguese: pepino
Chinese: 黄瓜
Croatian: krastavac
Czech: okurka
Danish: agurk
Dutch: komkommer
European Spanish: pepino
Finnish: kurkku vihannes
French: concombre
German: Gurke
Greek: αγγούρι
Italian: cetriolo
Japanese: キュウリ
Korean: 오이
Norwegian: agurk
Polish: ogórek
European Portuguese: pepino
Romanian: castravete
Russian: огурец
Latin American Spanish: pepino
Swedish: gurka
Thai: แตงกวา
Turkish: salatalık
Ukrainian: огірок
Vietnamese: quả dưa chuột
All related terms of 'cucumber'
cucumber tree
any of several American trees or shrubs of the genus Magnolia , esp M . acuminata, of E and central North America , having cup-shaped greenish flowers and cucumber-shaped fruits
sea cucumber
any echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, having an elongated body covered with a leathery skin and bearing a cluster of tentacles at the oral end. They usually creep on the sea bed or burrow in sand
squirting cucumber
a hairy cucurbitaceous plant, Ecballium elaterium , of the Mediterranean region, having a fruit that discharges its seeds explosively when ripe
cool as a cucumber
very relaxed , calm, and not emotional
as cool as a cucumber
If you say that someone is as cool as a cucumber , you are emphasizing that they are very calm and relaxed , especially when you would not expect them to be.
large-leaved cucumber tree
a round-headed tree, Magnolia macrophylla , of the southeastern U.S., having soft , hairy leaves from 1 to 3 ft. (30 to 90 cm) long, fragrant , cup-shaped, creamy-white flowers with a purplish base which are from 10 to 12 in. (25 to 30 cm) wide , and rose-colored, round fruit