squash
🇺🇸
/skwɑːʃ/
🇬🇧
/skwɒʃ/
verb
R
Crush something by pressing it hard.
He squashed the bug with his shoe.
R
Cram into a small space.
We were all squashed into the tiny elevator.
R
Suppress or put an end to something.
The rumors were squashed by the official statement.
noun
R
A game played in a four-walled court with a small rubber ball.
We played a match of squash.
R
A drink made from fruit juice, sugar, and water.
I'd like a glass of orange squash, please.
R
A type of vegetable, either with hard skin and orange flesh or soft skin and white flesh.
Zucchini is a type of summer squash.
R
A situation where there is not enough space for everyone or everything.
It's a real squash in the car with all of us.
translation
Crush something by pressing it hard.; Cram into a small space.; Suppress or put an end to something.
A game played in a four-walled court with a small rubber ball.; A drink made from fruit juice, sugar, and water.; A type of vegetable, either with hard skin and orange flesh or soft skin and white flesh.; A situation where there is not enough space for everyone or everything.
Word Forms
3rd Present
squashes
Progressive
squashing
Past
squashed
Perfect
squashed
Plural
squashes