squash
Noun
- any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
- edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
- a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets
- A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
- A non-alcoholic drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water or milk.
- A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.
- A preparation made by placing material on a slide (flat, rectangular piece of glass), covering it and applying pressure.
- Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.
- Something unripe or soft.
- A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
- An extremely one-sided, usually short, match.
- A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.
- Cucurbita maxima, including hubbard squash, great winter squash, buttercup squash, and some varieties of pumpkins.
- A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.
- Cucurbita argyrosperma (syn. Cucurbita mixta), cushaw squash.
- A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.
- Cucurbita moschata, butternut squash, Barbary squash, China squash.
- A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.
- Cucurbita pepo, most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash, zucchini.
- Any other similar-looking plant of other genera.
- Any other similar-looking plant of other genera.
- Lagenaria siceraria (syn. Cucurbita verrucosa), calabash, long-neck squash.
- The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.
- Muskrat.
Verb
Verb Forms: squashed, squashing, squashes
- To press or flatten into a soft mass.
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
- To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
- To compress or restrict (oneself) into a small space; to squeeze.
- To suppress; to force into submission.
Examples
- He had to squash his frustration after his opponent played a bingo.
- It's a bit of a squash in this small room.
- She plays squash every Saturday.
- Somehow, she squashed all her books into her backpack, which was now too heavy to carry.
- We all managed to squash into Mum's tiny car.
- We ate squash and green beans.
- When I'm thirsty I drink squash; it tastes much nicer than plain water.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English squachen, squatchen, from Old French esquacher, escachier, from Vulgar Latin *excoāctiāre, from Latin ex + coāctāre. Probably influenced by Middle English quashen, quassen, from Old French esquasser, escasser (“to crush, shatter, destroy, break”), from Vulgar Latin *exquassare, from Latin ex- + quassare (“to shatter”) (see quash).
Synonyms
crush, mash, squash rackets, squash racquets, squash vine, squeeze, squelch, compress, condense, cordial, high juice, press, smear#Noun
Scrabble Score: 18
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