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gourd
[ gawrd, gohrd, goord ]
noun
- the hard-shelled fruit of any of various plants, especially those of Lagenaria siceraria white-flowered gourd, or bottle gourd, whose dried shell is used for bowls and other utensils, and Cucurbita pepo yellow-flowered gourd, used ornamentally. Compare gourd family.
- a plant bearing such a fruit.
- a dried and excavated gourd shell used as a bottle, dipper, flask, etc.
- a gourd-shaped, small-necked bottle or flask.
gourd
/ É¡ÊŠÉ™»å /
noun
- the fruit of any of various cucurbitaceous or similar plants, esp the bottle gourd and some squashes, whose dried shells are used for ornament, drinking cups, etc
- a bottle or flask made from the dried shell of the bottle gourd
- a small bottle shaped like a gourd
Derived Forms
- ˈ²µ´Ç³Ü°ù»åËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
- ˈ²µ´Ç³Ü°ù»å-ËŒ²õ³ó²¹±è±ð»å, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²µ´Ç³Ü°ù»ål¾±°ì±ð adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gourd1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gourd1
Idioms and Phrases
- out of / off one's gourd, Slang. out of one's mind; crazy.
Example Sentences
The dining table, which is the star of the holiday, can be decorated with an eye-catching centerpiece that contains candles, greenery, pumpkins and gourds.
It’s turtlenecks and quality sweaters, buying decorative gourds for an evening dinner party and coupling up for cuffing season, if not longer term.
A beaver’s tail creates a rhythm on the deck and an opossum has a bass fashioned out of a gourd.
She was greener than a gourd, but she only swallowed hard.
The bottle gourd, known scientifically as Lagenaria siceraria, is a plant deeply intertwined with human civilization.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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