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winter squash

winter squash

2 3.6
A vegetable with hard skin and yellow or orange inside that people keep for winter
  • noun
  • /ˈwɪntər skwɑːʃ/
translation icon : calabaza de invierno
  • Winter squash, even onions and leeks, are quite high in carbs.
  • butternut winter squash
  • sweet winter squash
  • roasted winter squash

And then I'm going to be making Ina Garten's winter squash soup tonight.

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Examples

  • And the answer is you know that a winter squash is ripe when the tendril starts to turn brown.

  • Agave specializes in tacos and tamales, everything from your traditional carne asada to winter squash and portabella mushrooms.

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  • We will harvest winter squash starting in October.

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  • I am going to bake some winter squash from my garden and proceed from there.

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  • This is an easy way to prep winter squash that goes perfectly with Thanksgiving turkey.

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  • Perhaps the average American consumes 1.0 lb of winter squash per year.

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  • And then I'm going to be making Ina Garten's winter squash soup tonight.

  • We have, let's see, our primary crops are strawberries, tomatoes, sweet corn, Peaches, winter squash and pumpkins.

  • It's a quinoa risotto with winter squash, seared mushrooms and fresh herbs.

  • Fresh winter squash is delicious when roasted with a drizzle of olive oil.

Surface Forms

winter squash singular

Morphology

winter + squash

The noun is a straightforward compound: 'winter' + 'squash' names a type of squash associated with winter (harvested/stored for winter use), so the meaning is directly inferable from the constituents. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English compound formation, making it accessible to a B1 learner who knows both words.

Etymology

Winter squash comes from the simple idea that this squash has a hard skin and was kept to eat in winter. So the name now means a type of squash you can 'store' and eat during the cold months.