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[Verb] | "squash" | \ ˈskwäsh \

1: to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush

2: put down, suppress

3: to flatten out under pressure or impact

Origin: 1565 ;

Alteration of Middle English squachen to crush, annul, from Anglo-French esquacher, from Old French es- ex- + quachier to hide from view, from Vulgar Latin *coacticare to press together {mat|cache|};

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[Noun] | "squash"

1: any of various fruits of plants (genus Cucurbita) of the gourd family widely cultivated as vegetables; also : a plant and especially a vine that bears squashes

Origin: 1634 ;

By shortening & alteration from earlier isquoutersquash, from Narragansett askútasquash;

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[Noun] | "squash"

1: something soft and easily crushed; specifically : an unripe pod of peas

2: the sudden fall of a heavy soft body or the sound of such a fall

3: squelch

Origin: 1590 ;

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[Noun] | "acorn squash"

1: an acorn-shaped dark green winter squash (Cucurbita pepo var. turbinata) with a ridged surface and mildly sweet yellow to orange flesh

Origin: 1824 ;

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[Noun] | "butternut squash"

1: a smooth somewhat bottle-shaped buff-colored winter squash (Cucurbita moschata) with usually orange flesh

Origin: 1940 ;

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[Noun] | "cha*yo*te" | \ chī-ˈyō-tē \

1: the pear-shaped fruit of a West Indian annual vine (Sechium edule) of the gourd family that is widely cultivated as a vegetable; also : the plant —called also christophene, mirliton

Origin: 1887 ;

Spanish, from Nahuatl chayohtli;

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[Noun] | "ka*bo*cha" | \ kə-ˈbō-chə \

1: a winter squash (Curcubita maxima) of Japanese origin that is round with somewhat flattened top and bottom, typically dark green skin usually streaked or mottled with pale green, and yellowish-orange sweet flesh —called also Japanese pumpkin

Origin: 1884 ;

Borrowed from Japanese, "kabocha squash, pumpkin";

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[Noun] | "spaghetti squash"

1: an oval winter squash (Cucurbita pepo) with flesh that once cooked is similar in appearance to spaghetti

Origin: 1975 ;

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[Noun] | "summer squash"

1: any of various squashes that are cultivars of a variety (Cucurbita pepo var. melopepo) and are used as a vegetable while immature and before hardening of the seeds and rind

Origin: 1801 ;

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[Noun] | "winter squash"

1: any of various hard-shelled squashes (such as acorn squash, cushaw, or Hubbard squash) that can be stored for several months and belong to cultivars of several cucurbit species (especially Cucurbita maxima, C. moschata, and C. pepo)

Origin: 1771 ;

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[Verb] | "squashes"

1: to cause to become a pulpy mass;

* e.g., " ... the sort of person who couldn't even squash a bug "

Synonyms :
crushes,
mashes,
pulps

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2: to put a stop to (something) by the use of force;

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[Verb] | "squash"

1: to cause to become a pulpy mass;

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Synonyms :
crush,
mash,
pulp

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2: to put a stop to (something) by the use of force;

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