What part of speech is squash?

Squash can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. squash is a verb, present, 1st person singular of squash (infinitive).
  • 2. squash is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. squash is a noun, singular of squashes / squash.
  • 4. squash is a noun, plural of squash.

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What does squash mean?

Definitions

Verb
squash - to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"

Noun
squash - a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets
squash - any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
squash - edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
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Examples of squash

#   Sentence  
1. noun I'd like to play a game of squash.
2. noun I took up squash only a few months ago.
3. noun Parsnips, squash, carrots, peas and sweet potatoes are considered starchy vegetables.
4. noun We should play squash together sometime.
5. noun My mom brought home the weirdest-shaped squash today.
6. noun Do you play squash?
7. noun Do you like squash soup?
8. noun Butternut squash is a good source of manganese, potassium, and vitamins A, C, and E.
9. noun This squash smells like melon.
10. noun Before it's cooked, butternut squash smells like melon.
11. noun This recipe requires acorn squash.
12. noun Despite their popularity, cricket and squash are not Olympic sports.
13. noun Sami looks like a squash.
14. noun We had a baked acorn squash with brown sugar for dinner.
15. noun When the squash is pulled out, the trellis comes with it.
16. verb I cannot squash flies with my book.
17. verb We have squash, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, okra and potatoes.
18. verb His father found a way to squash the scandal.
19. verb Her father found a way to squash the scandal.
20. verb Just as Tom was about to post the letter into the postbox, the wind whipped it out of his hand and blew it under a passing bus, which could do nothing but drive over it with its fat tyres and squash it flat into a puddle.
21. verb I cannot squash flies with my book.
22. verb We have squash, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, okra and potatoes.
23. verb His father found a way to squash the scandal.
24. verb Her father found a way to squash the scandal.
25. verb Just as Tom was about to post the letter into the postbox, the wind whipped it out of his hand and blew it under a passing bus, which could do nothing but drive over it with its fat tyres and squash it flat into a puddle.
Sentence  
noun
I'd like to play a game of squash.
I took up squash only a few months ago.
Parsnips, squash, carrots, peas and sweet potatoes are considered starchy vegetables.
We should play squash together sometime.
My mom brought home the weirdest-shaped squash today.
Do you play squash?
Do you like squash soup?
Butternut squash is a good source of manganese, potassium, and vitamins A, C, and E.
This squash smells like melon.
Before it's cooked, butternut squash smells like melon.
This recipe requires acorn squash.
Despite their popularity, cricket and squash are not Olympic sports.
Sami looks like a squash.
We had a baked acorn squash with brown sugar for dinner.
When the squash is pulled out, the trellis comes with it.
verb
I cannot squash flies with my book.
We have squash, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, okra and potatoes.
His father found a way to squash the scandal.
Her father found a way to squash the scandal.
Just as Tom was about to post the letter into the postbox, the wind whipped it out of his hand and blew it under a passing bus, which could do nothing but drive over it with its fat tyres and squash it flat into a puddle.
I cannot squash flies with my book.
We have squash, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, okra and potatoes.
His father found a way to squash the scandal.
Her father found a way to squash the scandal.
Just as Tom was about to post the letter into the postbox, the wind whipped it out of his hand and blew it under a passing bus, which could do nothing but drive over it with its fat tyres and squash it flat into a puddle.
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