Usually means: Small cucumber used for pickling.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. gherkin: Merriam-Webster
  2. gherkin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gherkin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gherkin, the Gherkin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gherkin: Vocabulary.com
  6. Gherkin, gherkin: Wordnik
  7. gherkin: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Gherkin, gherkin: Wiktionary
  9. gherkin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. gherkin: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. gherkin: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Gherkin, gherkin: Dictionary.com
  13. gherkin: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Gherkin (building), Gherkin (disambiguation), Gherkin (language), Gherkin (software), Gherkin, The Gherkin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Gherkin: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. gherkin: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. gherkin: Rhymezone
  18. Gherkin: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. gherkin: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. Gherkin: Britih-American Dictionary
  21. gherkin: FreeDictionary.org
  22. gherkin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. gherkin: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. gherkin: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. gherkin: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. gherkin: Medical dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. gherkin: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. gherkin: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  A small cucumber, often pickled whole.
▸ noun:  (UK, Ireland) Pickled cucumber regardless of size; a pickle
▸ noun:  Informal nickname for the well-known tall office building situated 30 St Mary Axe, London EC3 ("The Gherkin").
▸ noun:  (slang) The penis.
▸ noun:  (UK, informal) The building at 30 St Mary Axe, a distinctively-shaped skyscraper in London, England

Similar:
Gerkin, girkin, jerkin the gherkin, gingerette, gimchee, gourd, gipper, gynger, gegg, gingelli, more...

Types:
dill, bread and butter, sweet, spicy, garlic, kosher, sour, sliced, more...

Phrases:
sea gherkin, West Indian gherkin, bur gherkin, the gherkin, more...

Adjectives:
pickled, west, indian, chopped, small, little, erotic, green, sweet, large, true


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Similar:
Gerkin, girkin, jerkin the gherkin, gingerette, gimchee, gourd, gipper, gynger, gegg, gingelli, more...

Types:
dill, bread and butter, sweet, spicy, garlic, kosher, sour, sliced, more...

Phrases:
sea gherkin, West Indian gherkin, bur gherkin, the gherkin, more...

Adjectives:
pickled, west, indian, chopped, small, little, erotic, green, sweet, large, true



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