gourd

gourd is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceae; and especially the bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceae; and especially the bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes.
2. noun. A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle.
3. noun. A false die. See Gord.
4. noun. Alt. of Gourde
5. noun. bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd

   Synonyms: calabash

6. noun. any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds
7. noun. any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds

Synonyms

calabash

Common word forms

gourds, gourded, gourdes, gourdful, gourding

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