kurkku — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cucumber noun A long green vegetable with crisp white flesh, grown on a vine.
- gorge noun A deep, narrow valley or ravine, usually with steep rocky walls and often a river running through it.
- gullet noun The throat or esophagus, the passage food travels down when swallowed.
- guttural adj Harsh-sounding and produced deep in the throat.
- pickle noun A cucumber or other vegetable preserved in vinegar or brine.
- throat noun The front part of the neck, or the passage inside it leading from the mouth to the lungs and stomach.
Senses
kurkku is used for these senses in English:
- cucumber (vegetable) The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.
- gullet The throat or esophagus.
- guttural (medicine, anatomy) Of, relating to, or connected to the throat.
- pepo A fruit of plants of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, possessing a hard rind and producing many seeds in a single, central, pulpy chamber.
- pharyngeal (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pharynx.
- pickle (chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.
- throated (in combination) Having the specified type of throat.
cucumber — full definition
- noun A long green vegetable with crisp white flesh, grown on a vine.
- noun Someone who stays calm and unruffled under pressure.
gorge — full definition
- noun A deep, narrow valley or ravine, usually with steep rocky walls and often a river running through it.
- noun The throat or gullet.
- verb To eat greedily and to excess.