Meaning of Squash | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
   uncountable
2. A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.
   countable, uncountable
3. Cucurbita maxima, including hubbard squash, great winter squash, buttercup squash, and some varieties of pumpkins.
   countable, uncountable
4. A surname
5. Muskrat.
   countable, obsolete
6. A non-alcoholic drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water or milk.
   countable, uncountable
7. Cucurbita argyrosperma (syn. Cucurbita mixta), cushaw squash.
   countable, uncountable
8. A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.
   countable, uncountable
9. Cucurbita moschata, butternut squash, Barbary squash, China squash.
   countable, uncountable
10. A preparation made by placing material on a slide (flat, rectangular piece of glass), covering it and applying pressure.
    countable, uncountable
11. Cucurbita pepo, most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash, zucchini.
    countable, uncountable
12. Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.
    countable, obsolete
13. Any other similar-looking plant of other genera.
    countable, uncountable
14. Something unripe or soft.
    countable, derogatory, obsolete
15. Lagenaria siceraria (syn. Cucurbita verrucosa), calabash, long-neck squash.
    countable, uncountable
16. A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
    countable, obsolete
17. The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.
    countable, uncountable
18. An extremely one-sided, usually short, match.
    countable, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“She plays squash every Saturday.”

“Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.”

“The bat, as a racquet used to be called, is the chief tool of the squash tradesman.”

“Sure. I pour hot squash all over myself and we all have a good chuckle. Everyone except Muggins here.”

“When I'm thirsty I drink squash; it tastes much nicer than plain water.”

“It's a bit of a squash in this small room.”

“It was one of the most shocking WWE title matches ever witnessed, and effectively a 20-minute squash match as Brock Lesnar "conquered" his opponent.”

“We ate squash and green beans.”

“The squash is a four-footed beast, bigger than a cat.”

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