gherkin

«gherkin» in Mova's school dictionary: A small cucumber kept in vinegar, eaten as a pickle; in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a gherkin, gherkins)

meaning for a pupil

1) A small cucumber kept in vinegar, eaten as a pickle; in the USA and Canada usually called a «pickle». tree →

2) The small cucumber itself, grown for pickling. tree →

3) (UK, informal) «The Gherkin», a famous pickle-shaped tower in London. tree →

sense in the lessons

An everyday food word: gherkins go in burgers, sandwiches and salads. In maths and cooking, recipes may use gherkins. A nickname for a building shaped like one in the City of London.

examples

• I always take the gherkin out of my burger. tree →
• Mum chopped gherkins into the potato salad. tree →
• Gherkins taste sour and crunchy. tree →
• In America, a gherkin is just called a pickle. tree →
• We saw the Gherkin building on our trip to London. tree →
• A jar of gherkins stood on the picnic table. tree →
• Grandpa grows gherkins in his vegetable patch. tree →

note

Say «GUR-kin» (hard g). Plural: gherkins. The h is silent. UK: gherkin; USA/Canada: pickle (and «pickle» in the UK often means a chutney).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gherkin» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.