squash.
A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
Meaning & usage
A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
She plays squash every Saturday.
A non-alcoholic drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.
When I'm thirsty I drink squash; it tastes much nicer than plain water.
A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.
It's a bit of a squash in this small room.
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.
Where this word comes from
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).
To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
To compress or restrict (oneself) into a small space; to squeeze.
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.
To suppress; to force into submission.
Where this word comes from
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).
The sound of something relatively heavy splashing or squelching into water.
Where this word comes from
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).
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.
We ate squash and green beans.
Where this word comes from
Shortening of Narragansett askutasquash (“[a vegetable] eaten green (or raw)”), from askut (“green, raw”) + asquash (“eaten”).
Muskrat.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of musquash.
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