squash
IPA: skwˈɑʃ
noun
- (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
verb
- (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.
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Examples of "squash" in Sentences
- I squashed potatoes to eat.
- What did he squash just now
- He squashed fruits by accident.
- The baby squashed cake with his body.
- That is the way of squashing the orange.
- The lady squashed vegetables to make juice.
- There is a special machine that squashes vegetables.
- This uncommon Lita squash is a sweet cousin of zucchini.
- The Emperor ordered him to squash the incident immediately.
- He enjoys squash and the therapeutic attractions of gardening.
- The stadium will host the sports Badminton and Squash for the Games.
- 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.
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