English words for 'bottle gourd'
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noun
noun
- bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd
- a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd
- Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits
- round gourd of the calabash tree
- tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds
- A tree (known as the calabash tree; Crescentia cujete) native to Central and South America, the West Indies, and southern Florida, bearing large, round fruit used to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this tree.
- A container made from the mature, dried shell of the fruit of one of the above plants; also, a similarly shaped container made from some other material.
- (music) A musical instrument, most commonly a drum or rattle, made from a calabash fruit.
- The bottle gourd (calabash vine, Lagenaria siceraria), believed to have originated in Africa, which is grown for its fruit that are used as a vegetable and to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this plant.
- A calabash and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
noun
- bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd
- any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds
- any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds
- The dried and hardened shell of such fruit, made into a drinking vessel, bowl, spoon, or other objects designed for use or decoration.
- A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria or Cucurbita.
- (slang) A person's head.
- Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).
- (informal) Loaded dice.
verb
- put into bottles
- store (liquids or gases) in bottles
- (transitive) To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.
- (British, slang) To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.
- (printing, intransitive) Of pages printed several on a sheet: to rotate slightly when the sheet is folded two or more times.
- (British, slang) To strike (someone) with a bottle.
- (British, slang) To pelt (a musical act on stage, etc.) with bottles as a sign of disapproval.
- (transitive, British) To feed (an infant) baby formula.
- (British, slang, sports) To throw away a leading position.
noun
- a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children
- a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
- the quantity contained in a bottle
- (British, informal) (originally bottle and glass as rhyming slang for "arse") Nerve, courage.
- (attributive, of a person with a particular hair color) A container of hair dye, hence with one’s hair color produced by dyeing.
- A container with a rubber nipple used for giving liquids to infants, a baby bottle.
- A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
- (UK, dialectal) A building; house.
- The contents of such a container.
- (figurative) Intoxicating liquor; alcohol.
verb
- To put into bottles.
- (sports, slang) To prevent (an opponent) from achieving any effective action.
- (informal) To comprehensively defeat.
- (idiomatic) To keep suppressed and hidden.
- To prevent (enemy vessels) from leaving an anchorage.
- consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
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name
- An unincorporated community in Bloomfield Township, Jackson County, Ohio.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- (UK) Ellipsis of Winchester College, a prestigious public school in Winchester.
- A ghost town in Worthington Township, Richland County, Ohio.
- A village in North Dundas township, eastern Ontario, Canada.
- A city, the county seat of Scott County, Illinois.
- A township and village therein, in Adams County, Ohio, named after Winchester, Virginia.
- A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of Deloraine-Winchester.
- A census-designated place in Riverside County, California.
- A local government district with borough status in Hampshire; in full, the City of Winchester.
- A home rule city, the county seat of Clark County, Kentucky.
- A city, the county seat of Frederick County, Virginia.
- A census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada.
- A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Tennessee.
- An unincorporated community in Van Buren County, Iowa.
- A small town in Timaru district, Canterbury, New Zealand.
- A city in White River Township, the county seat of Randolph County, Indiana.
- A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
- A township in Norman County, Minnesota, named after Winchester, Iowa.
verb
noun
- a red as dark as red wine
- fermented juice (of grapes especially)
- An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.
- (British dialect) Wind.
- An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting other substances, producing a similar ABV.
- (uncountable) The color of red wine, a deep reddish purple.
- (countable) A serving of wine.
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- (US) A large goblet or drinking glass, used for lager or ale (Wikipedia).
- (historical) A covered wagon used by emigrants.
- (nautical) A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast.
- (Australia) A glass of beer, of a size which varies between states (Wikipedia).
- (UK) A glass for drinking a large measure of sherry.
- sailing vessel used in former times
- a large beer glass
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- bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd
- a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd
- Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits
- round gourd of the calabash tree
- tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds
- A tree (known as the calabash tree; Crescentia cujete) native to Central and South America, the West Indies, and southern Florida, bearing large, round fruit used to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this tree.
- A container made from the mature, dried shell of the fruit of one of the above plants; also, a similarly shaped container made from some other material.
- (music) A musical instrument, most commonly a drum or rattle, made from a calabash fruit.
- The bottle gourd (calabash vine, Lagenaria siceraria), believed to have originated in Africa, which is grown for its fruit that are used as a vegetable and to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this plant.
- A calabash and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
noun
- bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd
- any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds
- any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds
- The dried and hardened shell of such fruit, made into a drinking vessel, bowl, spoon, or other objects designed for use or decoration.
- A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria or Cucurbita.
- (slang) A person's head.
- Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).
- (informal) Loaded dice.
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name
- An unincorporated community in Bloomfield Township, Jackson County, Ohio.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- (UK) Ellipsis of Winchester College, a prestigious public school in Winchester.
- A ghost town in Worthington Township, Richland County, Ohio.
- A village in North Dundas township, eastern Ontario, Canada.
- A city, the county seat of Scott County, Illinois.
- A township and village therein, in Adams County, Ohio, named after Winchester, Virginia.
- A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of Deloraine-Winchester.
- A census-designated place in Riverside County, California.
- A local government district with borough status in Hampshire; in full, the City of Winchester.
- A home rule city, the county seat of Clark County, Kentucky.
- A city, the county seat of Frederick County, Virginia.
- A census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada.
- A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Tennessee.
- An unincorporated community in Van Buren County, Iowa.
- A small town in Timaru district, Canterbury, New Zealand.
- A city in White River Township, the county seat of Randolph County, Indiana.
- A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
- A township in Norman County, Minnesota, named after Winchester, Iowa.
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- (US) A large goblet or drinking glass, used for lager or ale (Wikipedia).
- (historical) A covered wagon used by emigrants.
- (nautical) A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast.
- (Australia) A glass of beer, of a size which varies between states (Wikipedia).
- (UK) A glass for drinking a large measure of sherry.
- sailing vessel used in former times
- a large beer glass
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verb
- put into bottles
- store (liquids or gases) in bottles
- (transitive) To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.
- (British, slang) To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.
- (printing, intransitive) Of pages printed several on a sheet: to rotate slightly when the sheet is folded two or more times.
- (British, slang) To strike (someone) with a bottle.
- (British, slang) To pelt (a musical act on stage, etc.) with bottles as a sign of disapproval.
- (transitive, British) To feed (an infant) baby formula.
- (British, slang, sports) To throw away a leading position.
noun
- a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children
- a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
- the quantity contained in a bottle
- (British, informal) (originally bottle and glass as rhyming slang for "arse") Nerve, courage.
- (attributive, of a person with a particular hair color) A container of hair dye, hence with one’s hair color produced by dyeing.
- A container with a rubber nipple used for giving liquids to infants, a baby bottle.
- A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
- (UK, dialectal) A building; house.
- The contents of such a container.
- (figurative) Intoxicating liquor; alcohol.
verb
- To put into bottles.
- (sports, slang) To prevent (an opponent) from achieving any effective action.
- (informal) To comprehensively defeat.
- (idiomatic) To keep suppressed and hidden.
- To prevent (enemy vessels) from leaving an anchorage.
- consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
verb
noun
- a red as dark as red wine
- fermented juice (of grapes especially)
- An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.
- (British dialect) Wind.
- An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting other substances, producing a similar ABV.
- (uncountable) The color of red wine, a deep reddish purple.
- (countable) A serving of wine.