squash

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /skwɒʃ/
• (US) IPA: /skwɔʃ/
• (US, cot–caught merger) IPA: /skwɑʃ/
• (rural US, intrusive r) IPA: /skwɔɹʃ/

Noun

squash (countable and uncountable, plural squashes)

1. (uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
2. (Britain) A soft drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.
   • When I'm thirsty I drink squash; it tastes much nicer than plain water.
3. A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.
   • It's a bit of a squash in this small room.
4. (biology) A preparation made by placing material on a slide (flat, rectangular piece of glass), covering it and applying pressure.
   • Synonym: smear
5. (obsolete, countable) Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.
6. (obsolete, countable, derogatory) Something unripe or soft.
7. (obsolete, countable) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
8. (slang, professional wrestling) An extremely one-sided, usually short, match.

Verb

squash (third-person singular simple present squashes, present participle squashing, simple past and past participle squashed)

1. (transitive) To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To compress or restrict (oneself) into a small space; to squeeze.
   • Somehow, she squashed all her books into her backpack, which was now too heavy to carry.
   • We all managed to squash into Mum's tiny car.
3. (transitive) To suppress; to force into submission.

Noun

squash (countable and uncountable, plural squash or squashes)

1. (botany, countable) A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.
   1. Cucurbita maxima, including hubbard squash, great winter squash, buttercup squash, and some varieties of pumpkins.
   2. Cucurbita argyrosperma (syn. Cucurbita mixta), cushaw squash.
   3. Cucurbita moschata, butternut squash, Barbary squash, China squash.
   4. Cucurbita pepo, most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash, zucchini.
2. (botany) Any other similar-looking plant of other genera.
   1. Lagenaria siceraria (syn. Cucurbita verrucosa), calabash, long-neck squash.
3. (cooking) The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.
   • We ate squash and green beans.

Noun

squash (plural squashes)

1. (obsolete, countable) Muskrat.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈskvoʃ]

Noun

squash m inan

1. squash

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈskuɑs/, [ˈs̠kuɑ̝s̠]
• IPA: /ˈskuɑʃ/, [ˈs̠kuɑ̝ʃ]
• Syllabification: squ‧ash

Noun

squash

1. (sports) squash
   • Synonym: kössi

Pronunciation

• IPA: /skwaʃ/

Noun

squash m (plural squashs)

1. (sports) (uncountable) squash
   • Jouer au squash.
2. squash game
   • On s'est fait deux squashs aujourd'hui.
3. squash court
   • La ville a construit trois squashs municipaux.

Alternative forms

• skvåsj

Pronunciation

• IPA: /skʋɔʂ/

Noun

squash m (definite singular squashen, indefinite plural squasher, definite plural squashene)

1. squash (fruit)
2. squash (sport)
3. squash (soft drink)

Alternative forms

• skvåsj

Pronunciation

• IPA: /skʋɔʂ/

Noun

squash m (definite singular squashen, indefinite plural squashar, definite plural squashane)

1. squash (fruit)
2. squash (sport)
3. squash (soft drink)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /skwɔʂ/
• Syllabification: squash

Noun

squash m inan

1. squash (sport)

Noun

squash m (uncountable)

1. squash (sport)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [skvoʃ]

Noun

squash m inan (genitive singular squashu, declension pattern of stroj)

1. squash (sport)

Noun

squash c

1. (sports) squash

Noun

squash c

1. (botany) squash (plant and fruit)
   • Synonym: zucchini