gherkin
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishFood, dishgherkingher‧kin /ˈɡɜːkɪn $ ˈɡɜːr-/ noun [countable]
DFFa small type of cucumber that has been preserved in vinegar to make a type of pickleExamples from the Corpusgherkin• Chips have lots of vitamin C and gherkins are fat-free, but mix with jacket spuds and calorie-free salads.• Pâté with sliced egg and gherkin.• Pizza Roll - spicy chopped pork with hunks of garlic salami, black olives, red popper and gherkins.• Divide one tablespoon of chopped gherkins among the toasts and serve.• Pierce 2 olive halves and one gherkin with halved cocktail sticks and put in orange to make porcupines' eyes and nose.• Actually, a damn sight more than from that stiff gherkin Smott.• Garnish with gherkins and cherry tomatoes.Gherkin, thethe GherkinGherkin, thea very tall office building in London, designed by the British architect Sir Norman Foster, and completed in 2004. Some people think it looks like a gherkin because of its shape. The official name of the building is the Swiss Reinsurance Tower. It is also known more informally as the Swiss Re Building.Origin gherkin (1600-1700) Dutch gurken “cucumbers”, from Polish ogurek, from Medieval Greek agouros “watermelon”
DFFa small type of cucumber that has been preserved in vinegar to make a type of pickleExamples from the Corpusgherkin• Chips have lots of vitamin C and gherkins are fat-free, but mix with jacket spuds and calorie-free salads.• Pâté with sliced egg and gherkin.• Pizza Roll - spicy chopped pork with hunks of garlic salami, black olives, red popper and gherkins.• Divide one tablespoon of chopped gherkins among the toasts and serve.• Pierce 2 olive halves and one gherkin with halved cocktail sticks and put in orange to make porcupines' eyes and nose.• Actually, a damn sight more than from that stiff gherkin Smott.• Garnish with gherkins and cherry tomatoes.Gherkin, thethe GherkinGherkin, thea very tall office building in London, designed by the British architect Sir Norman Foster, and completed in 2004. Some people think it looks like a gherkin because of its shape. The official name of the building is the Swiss Reinsurance Tower. It is also known more informally as the Swiss Re Building.Origin gherkin (1600-1700) Dutch gurken “cucumbers”, from Polish ogurek, from Medieval Greek agouros “watermelon”