Word: Squash
How to pronounce: skwɒʃ
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Crush or squeeze (something) with force so that it becomes flat, soft, or out of shape.
Example sentences: "Wash and squash the cans for the recycling bin"
Noun
Definitions:
1. A state of being squeezed or forced into a small or restricted space.
Example sentences: "It was a tight squash but he didn't seem to mind"
2. A sweet concentrated liquid made from or flavored with fruit juice, which is diluted to make a drink.
Example sentences: "Orange squash"
3. A game in which two players use rackets to hit a small, soft rubber ball against the walls of a closed court.
Example sentences: "A squash club"
4. A preparation of softened tissue that has been made thin for microscopic examination by gently compressing or tapping it.
Example sentences: "Polytene chromosome squashes were prepared according to SILVER and ELGIN 1978."
Noun
Definitions:
1. An edible gourd, the flesh of which may be cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
Example sentences: "There's much more beta carotene in traditional crops, from leafy green vegetables to squashes, melons and mangoes."
2. The trailing plant of the gourd family that produces the squash.
Example sentences: "Once soil temperatures reach 60 degrees, you can plant corn, beans, squash and cucumbers."
Synonyms:
pumpkin
bush pumpkin
gourd
crush
suppress
quell
squeeze
crack down
quash
put down
subdue
courgette
vegetable marrow
zucchini
squelch
pulp
mash
Derivations:
squashing
squashed
squashy
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Spanish: Squash
German: Squash
French: Courge
Italian: Squash
Turkish: Ezme
