squash

IPA: skwˈɑʃ

(uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
(UK) A soft drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.
A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.
(biology) A preparation made by placing material on a slide (flat, rectangular piece of glass), covering it and applying pressure.
(obsolete, countable) Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.
(obsolete, countable, derogatory) Something unripe or soft.
(obsolete, countable) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
(slang, professional wrestling) An extremely one-sided, usually short, match.
(botany, countable) 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.
Cucurbita argyrosperma (syn. Cucurbita mixta), cushaw squash.
Cucurbita moschata, butternut squash, Barbary squash, China squash.
Cucurbita pepo, most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash, zucchini.
(botany) Any other similar-looking plant of other genera.
Lagenaria siceraria (syn. Cucurbita verrucosa), calabash, long-neck squash.
(cooking) The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.
(obsolete, countable) Muskrat.
A surname

(transitive) To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
(transitive, intransitive) To compress or restrict (oneself) into a small space; to squeeze.
(transitive) To suppress; to force into submission.

Examples of "squash" in Sentences

This uncommon Lita squash is a sweet cousin of zucchini.
Cover and cook for about 10 minutes, until the squash is almost tender.
It has a relatively thin rind, which gives a little when the squash is ripe.
Time to table: 50 minutes (presuming the squash is already roasted, otherwise 2 hours)
Hi Lorraine - it seems that what you call squash are actually zucchini, probably a lot like this one.
The origin of the word squash is interesting, considering it is the vegetable I am least likely to think about eating raw.
If you roasted your squash this will take much less time as the squash is already cooked but will still need 10 minutes or so to assimilate flavors.
My next-to-last injury was also from playing squash, except this time my rather inexperienced partner decided the term squash was a verb, not a sport.
The obvious method of doing this is to make the term squash official, thus eliminating the identity problem and giving the game the distinctiveness it deserves.