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GHERKIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gherkin mean? 

GHERKIN (noun)
  The noun GHERKIN has 2 senses:

1. any of various small cucumbers pickled wholeplay

2. small prickly cucumberplay

  Familiarity information: GHERKIN used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GHERKIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various small cucumbers pickled whole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("gherkin" is a kind of...):

pickle (vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Small prickly cucumber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("gherkin" is a kind of...):

cucumber; cuke (cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons)


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