Definition of squash

noun (n)

• any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits (noun.plant)

  Synonym: squash vine
  

  source: wordnet30
• edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable (noun.food)

  source: wordnet30
• a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets (noun.act)

  Synonym: squash rackets, squash racquets
  

  source: wordnet30
• An American animal allied to the weasel. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• A game much like rackets, played in a walled court with soft rubber balls and bats like tennis rackets. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition (verb.contact)

  Synonym: crush, mash, squeeze, squelch
  

  source: wordnet30
• To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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