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squash
has definitions from the fields of sport,games,chemistry,food,botany
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[ verb ] to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
Examples "crush an aluminum can" "squeeze a lemon" Used in print (Francis Pollini, Night....)His eyes blinked hard , snapping on and squashing some bad things that were trying to push their way into him . |
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[ noun ] (chemistry,food) edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
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[ noun ] (botany) any of numerous annual tendril-bearing trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
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[ noun ] (sport,games) a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets
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