squash

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.

Any other similar-looking plant of other genera.

Lagenaria siceraria (syn. Cucurbita verrucosa), calabash, long-neck squash.

The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.

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

A non-alcoholic drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.

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

(slang) An extremely one-sided, usually short, match.

A preparation made by placing material on a slide (flat, rectangular piece of glass), covering it and applying pressure.

(no longer used) Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.

(no longer used) Something unripe or soft.

(no longer used) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.

(no longer used) Muskrat.

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

To suppress; to force into submission.

To compress or restrict (oneself) into a small space; to squeeze.

(no longer used) The sound of something relatively heavy splashing or squelching into water.