Cucumbers Word Search
A free Cucumbers word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the ingredients, dishes, and flavors of a food topic, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: CUCUMBER, PICKLE, GHERKIN, SALAD, GAZPACHO, TZATZIKI, VINEGAR, SALT, PEPPER, DILL, OLIVE, PEELER.
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Cucumbers word list, defined
- CUCUMBER /ˈkjuːkʌmbə(r)/ · noun
- A long, green-skinned fruit of the gourd family, eaten raw as a salad vegetable, or the climbing annual plant (Cucumis sativus) that bears it. Related: gherkin.
- PICKLE /ˈpɪkəl/ · noun, verb
- A pickled cucumber or other vegetable, typically made by soaking it in a brine solution. To preserve or treat (food) in a pickling liquid. Related: sour, brined, marinated, preserved.
- GHERKIN /ˈɡɛərkɪn/ · noun
- A small pickled cucumber, typically served as a condiment. A cucumber variety used for pickling. Related: pickle, cucumber, condiment, gherkin.
- SALAD /ˈsæləd/ · noun
- A dish of mixed greens, vegetables, fruits, and sometimes proteins or grains, typically served cold. Related: dish, mix, garden, greens.
- GAZPACHO /ɡæzˈpætʃoʊ/ · noun
- A cold soup originating from Andalusia, Spain, typically made from tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and bread. Related: cold soup, Andalusian soup, Spanish soup.
- TZATZIKI /tsætˈziːki/ · noun
- A Greek dip or sauce made from yogurt, cucumbers, garlic, and dill. It is often served with grilled meats or as a side dish. Related: yogurt sauce, cucumber sauce, Greek yogurt dip, dill sauce.
- VINEGAR /ˈvaɪnəɡər/ · noun
- A sour liquid made by the action of bacteria on the sugars in fruits, grains, or other materials, often used as a condiment or in cooking. Related: sourness, acidity, tartness, pungency.
- SALT /sɔːlt/ · noun, verb
- A crystalline mineral, white or colourless, used as a seasoning and preservative in cooking. To add salt to something, typically to make it more interesting or to bring out a flavour. Related: sodium chloride, seasoning, flavour enhancer, preservative.
- PEPPER /ˈpɛpər/ · noun
- A sweet or hot, usually small, round fruit of the pepper plant, often used as a spice or seasoning. A device for applying a fine powder, especially pepper, to food. Related: capsicum, paprika, cayenne, ginger.
- DILL /dɪl/ · noun
- An aromatic annual herb of the parsley family, with feathery leaves and seeds used to flavor food; also the leaves or seeds of this plant used as a culinary seasoning. Related: anise, fennel, cumin, caraway.
- OLIVE /ˈɒlɪv/ · noun
- The edible fruit of the olive tree, typically green or black in colour, and often pickled or used in cooking. A small, usually dark green or black, oval fruit. Related: green, black, fruit, tree.
- PEELER /piːlər/ · noun, verb
- A tool used for peeling fruit or vegetables, typically with a sharp blade. To remove the skin or outer layer of something. Related: parer, scorer, skinner, stripper.
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