squash

1. Any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits (synset 112179315)
   hypernym: vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
   hyponym:

   • autumn pumpkin, cucurbita pepo, pumpkin, pumpkin vine - 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
   • cucurbita pepo melopepo, summer squash, summer squash vine - any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden
   • winter squash, winter squash plant - any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall
   member meronym: cucurbita, genus cucurbita - type genus of the Cucurbitaceae
   part holonym: squash - edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
   synonym: squash vine
2. Edible fruit of a squash plant;
   Eaten as a vegetable (synset 107731306)
   hypernym: veg, vegetable, veggie - edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
   hyponym:

   • summer squash - any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden
   • winter squash - 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
   part meronym: squash, squash vine - any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
3. A game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets (synset 100480898)
   domain member category:

   • cut, undercut - (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
   • drive - (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
   • forehand, forehand shot, forehand stroke - (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
   • forehand drive - (sports) hard straight return made on the forehand side (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
   • serve, service - (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
   • fault - (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
   • exchange, rally - (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
   hypernym: court game - an athletic game played on a court
   synonym: squash rackets, squash racquets

1. To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition (synset 201596858)
   "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
   hypernym: press - exert pressure or force to or upon
   hyponym:

   • wring - twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
   • stamp - crush or grind with a heavy instrument
   • steamroller - crush with a steamroller as if to level
   • tread - crush as if by treading on
   • telescope - crush together or collapse
   synonym: crush, mash, squeeze, squelch

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