squash
A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquetsA sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
» Do you play squash?
Ти граєш у сквош?
Ви граєте у сквош?
Meaning
16 senses(uncountable)A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
She plays squash every Saturday.
Squash
сквошskvoš
сквошskvoš
(countable, uncountable)A non-alcoholic drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.
When I'm thirsty I drink squash; it tastes much nicer than plain water.
(countable, uncountable)A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.
It's a bit of a squash in this small room.
(countable, uncountable)A preparation made by placing material on a slide (flat, rectangular piece of glass), covering it and applying pressure.
(countable, slang, uncountable)An extremely one-sided, usually short, match.
A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.
(countable, uncountable)Cucurbita maxima, including hubbard squash, great winter squash, buttercup squash, and some varieties of pumpkins.
(countable, uncountable)Cucurbita argyrosperma (syn. Cucurbita mixta), cushaw squash.
(countable, uncountable)Cucurbita moschata, butternut squash, Barbary squash, China squash.
(countable, uncountable)Cucurbita pepo, most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash, zucchini.
(countable, uncountable)Any other similar-looking plant of other genera.
Any other similar-looking plant of other genera.
(countable, uncountable)Lagenaria siceraria (syn. Cucurbita verrucosa), calabash, long-neck squash.
(countable, uncountable)The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.
We ate squash and green beans.
edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
Examples
62 sentencesDo you play squash?
Ти граєш у сквош?
We should play squash together sometime.
deWir müssen irgendwann mal zusammen Squash spielen.
Do you think Tom will play squash?
ruКак ты думаешь, Том будет играть в сквош?
I'd like to play a game of squash.
deIch würde gerne eine Partie Squash spielen.
Before it's cooked, butternut squash smells like melon.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English squachen, squatchen, from Old French esquacher, escachier, from VulgarFrom Middle English squachen, squatchen, from Old French esquacher, escachier, from Vulgar Latin *excoāctiāre, from Latin ex + coāctāre. Probably influenced by Middle English quashen, quassen, from Old French esquasser, escasser (“to crush, shatter, destroy, break”), from Vulgar Latin *exquassare, from Latin ex- + quassare (“to shatter”) (see quash).
Shortening of Narragansett askutasquash (“[a vegetable] eaten green (or raw)”), from askut (“green, raw”) + asquash (“eaten”).
Clipping of musquash.
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Forms
plural: squashes / squashSynonyms
7 synonyms- a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets:squash racquetssquash rackets
- any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits:squash vine
Word family
36 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable