cucumber
Example Sentences
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A big salad, a platter of sliced cucumbers, a bowl of herbs — anything that introduces a little brightness to what will inevitably become a carbohydrate-forward spread.
From Salon
After a warm and ice-cold shower, he cleanses his face and rubs a frozen cucumber over it, which he says will reduce puffiness, acne and brighten his skin.
From BBC
At 11 p.m. that night he arrived at the hospital with 40 portions of rice, chicken, and a simple salad of cucumbers and onions.
The first is a savory dip for vegetables — lately carrot and cucumber matchsticks or sugar snap peas.
From Salon
"Just yesterday we found a kind of type of swimming sea cucumber, and we still don't know what it is," he added, calling the diversity he's seen "really, really astonishing".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
