squash
squash is a 6-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An American animal allied to the weasel. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. An American animal allied to the weasel.
- noun. A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.
- intransitive verb. To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
- noun. Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease.
- noun. Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt.
- noun. A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
- noun. a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets
- noun. edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
- noun. any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
- verb. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
"crush an aluminum can"
"squeeze a lemon"
Synonyms
Common word forms
squashs, squashed, squasher, squashes, squashing
Words from these letters
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