Squash

[skwɒʃ] or [skwɔʃ]

Definition

(noun.) a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets.

(noun.) edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable.

(noun.) any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits.

(verb.) to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; 'crush an aluminum can'; 'squeeze a lemon'.

Editor: Xenia--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) An American animal allied to the weasel.

(n.) A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.

(v. i.) To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.

(n.) Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease.

(n.) Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt.

(n.) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.

Typist: Loretta

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Crush.

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Definition

n. a term loosely used esp. in the United States for two or three kinds of gourd including the pumpkin.

v.t. to press into pulp: to crush flat.—v.i. to form a soft mass as from a fall: to make a noise similar to such.—n. a sudden fall or shock of soft bodies: anything soft and easily crushed anything soft or unripe as a peascod.—ns. Squash′er; Squash′iness state of being squashy.—adj. Squash′y like a squash: muddy.

Checker: Monroe