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1.NounA sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets."She plays squash every Saturday."
2.NounA non-alcoholic drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water or milk."When I'm thirsty I drink squash; it tastes much nicer than plain water."
3.NounA place or a situation where people have limited space to move."It's a bit of a squash in this small room."
4.NounA preparation made by placing material on a slide (flat, rectangular piece of glass), covering it and applying pressure.
5.NounSomething soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.
6.NounSomething unripe or soft.
7.NounA sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
8.NounAn extremely one-sided, usually short, match.
9.VerbTo beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
10.VerbTo 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."
11.VerbTo suppress; to force into submission.
12.InterjectionThe sound of something relatively heavy splashing or squelching into water.
13.NounA plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.
Cucurbita maxima, including hubbard squash, great winter squash, buttercup squash, and some varieties of pumpkins.
Cucurbita argyrosperma (syn. Cucurbita mixta), cushaw squash.
Cucurbita moschata, butternut squash, Barbary squash, China squash.
Cucurbita pepo, most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash, zucchini.
14.NounCucurbita maxima, including hubbard squash, great winter squash, buttercup squash, and some varieties of pumpkins.
15.NounCucurbita argyrosperma (syn. Cucurbita mixta), cushaw squash.
16.NounCucurbita moschata, butternut squash, Barbary squash, China squash.
17.NounCucurbita pepo, most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash, zucchini.
18.NounAny other similar-looking plant of other genera.
Lagenaria siceraria (syn. Cucurbita verrucosa), calabash, long-neck squash.
19.NounLagenaria siceraria (syn. Cucurbita verrucosa), calabash, long-neck squash.
20.NounThe edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish."We ate squash and green beans."
21.NounMuskrat.