squash
English Thesaurus
1. a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | court game, |
| definition | : | an athletic game played on a court (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | cut, undercut, |
| definition | : | (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | drive, |
| definition | : | (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash) (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | forehand, forehand shot, forehand stroke, |
| definition | : | (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash) (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | forehand drive, |
| definition | : | (sports) hard straight return made on the forehand side (as in tennis or badminton or squash) (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | serve, service, |
| definition | : | (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | fault, |
| definition | : | (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area) (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | exchange, rally, |
| definition | : | (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes (noun.act) |
2. edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | veg, vegetable, veggie, |
| definition | : | edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | summer squash, |
| definition | : | any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | winter squash, |
| definition | : | any of various fruits of the gourd family with thick rinds and edible yellow to orange flesh that mature in the fall and can be stored for several months (noun.food) |
| part meronym | : | squash, squash vine, |
| definition | : | any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits (noun.plant) |
3. any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | vine, |
| definition | : | a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | autumn pumpkin, cucurbita pepo, pumpkin, pumpkin vine, |
| definition | : | a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | winter squash, winter squash plant, |
| definition | : | any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | squash, |
| definition | : | edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable (noun.food) |
4. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | press, |
| definition | : | exert pressure or force to or upon (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | wring, |
| definition | : | twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | stamp, |
| definition | : | crush or grind with a heavy instrument (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | steamroller, |
| definition | : | crush with a steamroller as if to level (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | tread, |
| definition | : | crush as if by treading on (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | telescope, |
| definition | : | crush together or collapse (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | crusher, |
| definition | : | a device that crushes something (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | squeezer, |
| definition | : | a kitchen utensil for squeezing juice from fruit (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | squeeze, wring, |
| definition | : | a twisting squeeze (noun.event) |
| derivation | : | mash, |
| definition | : | mixture of ground animal feeds (noun.food) |
| derivation | : | mash, |
| definition | : | a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing (noun.substance) |
| derivation | : | crusher, |
| definition | : | a device that crushes something (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | squeezer, |
| definition | : | a kitchen utensil for squeezing juice from fruit (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | squeeze, wring, |
| definition | : | a twisting squeeze (noun.event) |
| derivation | : | mash, |
| definition | : | mixture of ground animal feeds (noun.food) |
| derivation | : | mash, |
| definition | : | a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing (noun.substance) |
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