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squash - a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets |
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court game an athletic game played on a court
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squash - any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits |
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vine a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
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cucurbita,
genus cucurbita type genus of the Cucurbitaceae
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squash a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets
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autumn pumpkin,
cucurbita pepo,
pumpkin,
pumpkin vine usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn
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cucurbita pepo melopepo,
summer squash,
summer squash vine any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden
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winter squash,
winter squash plant any of various fruits of the gourd family with thick rinds and edible yellow to orange flesh that mature in the fall and can be stored for several months
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squash - edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable |
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veg,
vegetable,
veggie edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
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squash,
squash vine a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets
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summer squash any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden
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winter squash any of various fruits of the gourd family with thick rinds and edible yellow to orange flesh that mature in the fall and can be stored for several months
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| Verb |
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squash - to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" |
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crush,
squelch,
mash,
squeeze |
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press place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure; "pressed flowers"
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wring twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"
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stamp destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot; "Stamp fascism into submission"; "stamp out tyranny"
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steamroller overwhelm by using great force; "steamroller the opposition"
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tread brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
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telescope make smaller or shorter; "the novel was telescoped into a short play"
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