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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. 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)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Squash

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squarroso-dentate squarrulose squarson squarsons squash (current term) squash (current term) squashed squasher squashers squashes

squashier squashiest squashily squashiness squashinesses squashing squashy squash ball squash bug squash court

Literary usage of Squash

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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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