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Definition of squash noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    squash

     noun
    noun
    NAmE//skwɑʃ//
     
    , NAmE//skwɔʃ//
     
     
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  1. 1[uncountable] a game for two players, played in a court surrounded by four walls, using rackets and a small rubber ball a squash court to play squash picture at sport
  2. 2(pl. squash or squash‧es) [countable, uncountable] a type of fruit that grows on the ground and is eaten as a vegetable. Winter squash have hard skin and orange flesh. Summer squash have soft yellow or green skin and white flesh. see butternut squash
  3. 3[singular] (informal) if something is a squash, there is hardly enough room for everything or everyone to fit into a small space It's a real squash with six of us in the car.
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