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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gherkin/#m1)

2) The small cucumber itself, grown for pickling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gherkin/#m2)

3) (UK, informal) «The Gherkin», a famous pickle-shaped tower in London. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gherkin/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gherkin/#x1)
- Mum chopped gherkins into the potato salad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gherkin/#x2)
- Gherkins taste sour and crunchy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gherkin/#x3)
- In America, a gherkin is just called a pickle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gherkin/#x4)
- We saw the Gherkin building on our trip to London. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gherkin/#x5)
- A jar of gherkins stood on the picnic table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gherkin/#x6)
- Grandpa grows gherkins in his vegetable patch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gherkin/#x7)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gherkin/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.