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Definition of Squash

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

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

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

squash pie squash player squash players squash racket squash rackets squash racquet squash racquets squash vine squashable

Literary usage of Squash

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"But what insect preys on the Striped squash beetle it appeared difficult to ... Last May and June we were annoyed by an unusual number of Striped squash ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"Varieties of pumpkin and squash are grown for stock-feeding. The Mammoth Chili is one of the Fig. 763. S laminate Uu<?er and leaf of common Held pumpkin ..."

3. The Young House-keeper: Or, Thoughts on Food and Cookery by William Andrus Alcott (1839)
"The squash simply boiled, when ripe, and pies with an under crust, ... The squash should never be kept in the cellar, unless to prevent freezing. ..."

4. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1877)
"Vhile the squash-beetle is a coleopterous insect, the large black bug ich is so abundant and destructive to the squash is a ..."

5. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1907)
"squash.—Another variety of the gourd family which is highly prized as a food product is the squash. It is used in the same manner as the pumpkin, ..."

6. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1911)
"squash.—Another variety of the gourd family which is highly prized as a food product is the squash. It is used in the same manner as the pumpkin, ..."

7. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1907)
"squash.—Another variety of the gourd family which is highly prized as a food product is the squash. It is used in the same manner as the pumpkin, ..."

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