Squash

Noun

 * 1)  A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
 * 2)   A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.
 * Note: The species are much confused. The long-neck squash is called Cucurbita verrucosa, the Barbary or China squash, C. moschata, and the great winter squash, C. maxima, but the distinctions are not clear.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1) A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.
 * 2)   A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.

Derived terms

 * squashable
 * squash ball
 * squash beetle
 * squash court
 * squash player
 * squash racket

Verb

 * 1)  To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
 * 2)  To compress or restrict into a small space; to squeeze.
 * Somehow, she squashed all her books into her backpack, which was now too heavy to carry.
 * 1)  To become compressed or restricted by contact with others.

Derived terms

 * squash up
 * squashy
 * squish

Thesaurus
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Pronunciation

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