Gherkin Definition
gûrkĭn
gherkins
noun
A small cucumber, especially one used for pickling.
American Heritage
A plant (Cucumis anguria) of the gourd family bearing small, prickly, cucumberlike fruit.
Webster's New World
The immature fruit of the cucumber when pickled.
Webster's New World
The fruit of this plant, used for pickles.
Webster's New World
pronoun
(UK, informal) The building at 30 St Mary Axe, a distinctively-shaped skyscraper in London, England.
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Other Word Forms of Gherkin
Noun
Singular:
gherkin
Plural:
gherkinsOrigin of Gherkin
Dutch gurken pl. of gurk cucumber short for agurk possibly from Polish ogorek perhaps from Late Greek angourion
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From earlier Dutch plural of gurk (="cucumber"), shortened form of East Frisian augurk
From Wiktionary
Presumably after the shape of the building, which is like that of a gherkin.
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