squash

About 1.54 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.

   She plays squash every Saturday.

2. noun A non-alcoholic drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.

   When I'm thirsty I drink squash; it tastes much nicer than plain water.

3. noun A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.

   It's a bit of a squash in this small room.

4. noun A preparation made by placing material on a slide (flat, rectangular piece of glass), covering it and applying pressure.
5. noun Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.
6. noun Something unripe or soft.
7. noun A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
8. noun An extremely one-sided, usually short, match.

Similar words

crush squeeze squelch mash squash rackets squash racquets squash vine racquetball stomp pummel

Often followed by

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Word family

squashed squasher squashers squashes squashing