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Definition of Squash

1. Verb. To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition. "Squeeze a lemon"

2. Noun. Any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits.

3. Noun. Edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable.

4. Noun. A game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets.

Definition of Squash

1. n. An American animal allied to the weasel.

2. n. A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.

3. v. t. To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.

4. n. Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease.

5. n. A game much like rackets, played in a walled court with soft rubber balls and bats like tennis rackets.

Definition of Squash

1. Noun. A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets. ¹

2. Noun. (British) A soft drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water. ¹

3. Noun. A place or a situation where people have limited space to move. ¹

4. Noun. (obsolete countable) Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas. ¹

5. Noun. (obsolete countable pejorative) Something unripe or soft. ¹

6. Noun. (obsolete countable) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive intransitive) To compress or restrict (oneself) into a small space; to squeeze. ¹

9. Noun. (botany) A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind. ¹

10. Noun. The edible fruit of this plant, or this fruit prepared as a dish. ¹

11. Noun. (obsolete zoo countable) Muskrat. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Squash

1. to press into a pulp or flat mass [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Medical Definition of Squash

1. An American animal allied to the weasel. Origin: Cf. Musquash. A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind. The species are much confused. The long-neck squash is called Cucurbita verrucosa, the Barbary or China squash, C. Moschata, and the great winter squash, C. Maxima, but the distinctions are not clear. Squash beetle, a large black American hemipterous insect (Coreus, or Anasa, tristis) injurious to squash vines. Origin: Massachusetts Indian asq, pl. Asquash, raw, green, immaturate, applied to fruit and vegetables which were used when green, or without cooking; askutasquash vine apple. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Squash

squaring the circle squarings squarish squarishly squarishness squarishnesses squark squarks squarrose squarrosely

squarroso-dentate squarrous squarrulose squarson squarsons squash (current term) squash ball squash bug squash court squash courts

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