squashes
Presses completely flat
Squashes is the plural of squash, a gourd-like fruit with firm flesh and seeds, eaten as a vegetable: butternut squashes, acorn squashes.
In sports contexts, squashes refers to multiple games of squash, a racquet sport played in an enclosed court.
As a verb, squashes means crushes or compresses: He squashes the bug with his shoe.
To squash something can also mean to suppress it: The manager squashes any hint of dissent.
Elongated green summer squash
- butternutTan elongated squash
- acornCapped seed from oaks
- spaghettiLong thin cylindrical pasta
- pumpkinLarge orange autumn gourd
kabocha · delicata · crookneck · yellow · calabaza · chayote · marrow · turban
Large orange autumn gourd
- ThanksgivingAutumn gratitude holiday
- HalloweenOctober 31st festival
- harvestGathering mature crops
- cornucopiaAbundance symbol, horn-shaped
hayride · cider · October · seasonal · decorative · centerpiece · gourd · display
Cooked uncovered with heat
- sautéedCooked quickly in fat
- pureeSmoothly blended food
- soupCooked liquid dish
- stewSlow-simmered meat dish
casserole · gratin · risotto · curry · mash · pie · ratatouille · filling
Makes level or even
- compressesSqueezes into less space
- pressesPushes or flattens
- smashesBreaks forcefully apart
- stompsSteps hard and loud
tramples · mashes · pounds · pulverizes · crunches · demolishes · collapses · steamrolls
Gourd used as vessel
- cucurbitGourd family plant
- ornamentalFor beauty, not function
- hardshellHaving rigid outer covering
- birdhouseMounted shelter for songbirds
bottle · dipper · loofah · luffa · decorative · dried · craft · vessel
Compresses with force
- dominatesExerts supreme control
- overwhelmsConquers by superior force
- trouncesDefeats overwhelmingly
- routsDecisive, overwhelming defeats
demolishes · annihilates · thrashes · clobbers · beats · vanquishes · overpowers · quells
zucchini
Elongated green summer squash
pumpkin · kabocha · delicata · crookneck · yellow · calabaza · chayote · marrow · turban · gem
pumpkin
Large orange autumn gourd
- ThanksgivingAutumn gratitude holiday
- HalloweenOctober 31st festival
- harvestGathering mature crops
cornucopia · hayride · cider · October · seasonal · decorative · centerpiece · gourd · display · festive
roasted
Cooked uncovered with heat
stew · casserole · gratin · risotto · curry · mash · pie · ratatouille · filling · stuffed
flattens
Makes level or even
- compressesSqueezes into less space
- pressesPushes or flattens
- smashesBreaks forcefully apart
stomps · tramples · mashes · pounds · pulverizes · crunches · demolishes · collapses · steamrolls · pancakes
calabash
Gourd used as vessel
- cucurbitGourd family plant
- ornamentalFor beauty, not function
- hardshellHaving rigid outer covering
birdhouse · bottle · dipper · loofah · luffa · decorative · dried · craft · vessel · rattle
crushes
Compresses with force
- dominatesExerts supreme control
- overwhelmsConquers by superior force
- trouncesDefeats overwhelmingly
routs · demolishes · annihilates · thrashes · clobbers · beats · vanquishes · overpowers · quells · suppresses
- butternut squashTan winter gourd
- summer squashTender-skinned warm-weather gourd
- winter squashHard-rinded seasonal vegetable
- yellow squashPale golden summer gourd
- spaghetti squashGourd with fibrous flesh
- squash playerFour-walled court athlete
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