squash
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1.6
- noun
- /skwɑʃ/
:
calabaza
- I have zucchini and I have local squash...
- corn and squash
- beans and squash
- squash plants
We've got our crops which are tomatoes, squash, beans, basil and zinnias.
- We've got our crops which are tomatoes, squash, beans, basil and zinnias.
- You know, corn, beans and squash very ubiquitous in the Southeast.
- Those warm spices are really great with the squashes, which is what we're using today.
- You've got some pumpkins, some pine cones, some odd shaped squashes, little acorn.
- This bed, just more summer squash, more sunflowers.
- So avocados then avocados, olives, squash, some of the non brassica lettuces.
- They didn't run to the store and get them some Gerber smushed up squash or or baby carrots.
Examples
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Back home, Aunt Estelle's neighbors brought squash and tomatoes from their gardens.
Fiction book (1990) -
Along with parsnips, onions, and squash, the potatoes will keep in the cellar well into spring.
Fiction book (1999) -
It's about half an hour later, the squash and the onion is out.
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I found more than my fair share of squash growing in compost.
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Then right here we have squash, brown rice, currants.
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My first favorite of this month is orange and pineapple squash, which is just divine.
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Beans were added to corn and squash as an important part of the Anasazi diet.
Academic text (1996) -
The kitchen smelled of roasting squash, baked apples, and spices.
Fiction book (2001) -
We've got our crops which are tomatoes, squash, beans, basil and zinnias.
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To make the soup, you will need pumpkin and butternut squash as the main ingredients.
Synonyms
545
1.0
A plant or plant part eaten as food, usually not sweet
338
1.0
A large round orange fruit that people use for food or decoration
44
1.6
A long green vegetable like a small squash that people usually cook
43
3.0
A plant food like a carrot or lettuce that you eat
11
2.5
A squash with tan skin and sweet orange flesh
8
2.5
A pale tan-skinned vegetable with sweet orange flesh and a bottle-like shape used for cooking
2
3.0
A soft vegetable like zucchini eaten while its skin is still tender
2
3.6
A vegetable with hard skin and yellow or orange inside that people keep for winter
2
4.3
A small squash with hard ridged skin shaped like an acorn and sweet orange flesh
2
4.1
A yellow oval vegetable whose cooked flesh becomes long strands like spaghetti, used instead of pasta
1
2.7
A long yellow vegetable with soft skin that you cook and eat
1
4.7
A large green vegetable like a squash with pale flesh
1
6.4
A long green summer squash with pale inside that people eat
1
6.6
A long thin green vegetable you can eat raw or cooked
A long green vegetable like a large zucchini with pale inside used for cooking
A yellow vegetable with a thin curved neck and bumpy skin
A dark green squash with light patches used in Mediterranean cooking
A round dark green vegetable with dense sweet orange flesh
A large winter squash with bumpy green skin and sweet orange flesh
A squash with a hard shell and a rounded top that looks like a hat used for cooking or decoration
Idioms
Compounds
8
2.5
A pale tan-skinned vegetable with sweet orange flesh and a bottle-like shape used for cooking
2
4.1
A yellow oval vegetable whose cooked flesh becomes long strands like spaghetti, used instead of pasta
2
3.6
A vegetable with hard skin and yellow or orange inside that people keep for winter
- US
1
2.3
A sweet pie that uses the cooked, mashed part of a winter vegetable like pumpkin
1
3.4
A light piece of sports equipment with a long handle and a small oval head used to play squash
A small round summer vegetable with a flat shape and wavy edges often pale green, white, or yellow
- US
A large insect that feeds on the sap of plants like squash and pumpkins, often damaging crops
A sport in a small walled court where players hit a small rubber ball with a long-handled frame
A squash with a hard shell and a rounded top that looks like a hat used for cooking or decoration
A squash with hard skin and a long curved neck that stores well and is good for winter meals
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Etymology
Squash (vegetable) comes from a Native American word askutasquash meaning 'a green thing eaten raw', and early English speakers used it for the soft, edible gourds like pumpkins and zucchini, which is why we call these plants 'squash' today.