| 单词 | calabash |
| 释义 | calabash (once / 6509 pages) 1n 2n 3n A calabash is either an evergreen tree that produces round gourds or one of the gourds themselves. Nouns that travel through many languages on their way to English often stand for useful objects, and this one's no exception: it's a gourd-producing tree that is practical indeed. The tree and the gourd are both called calabashes, and people have used calabashes for musical instruments, pitchers, and many kinds of containers. The calabash must be dried before it can be used as anything. This word is originally Persian but traveled through French and Spanish on its way to English. WORD FAMILYcalabash: calabashes USAGE EXAMPLESMore than 300 people showed at the event on West Franklin Street, including the bands Calabash and Honey Vines. Washington Times(Dec 05, 2016) He rubbed some of the water from the calabash on my forehead and recited more prayers, followed by the proclamation of my name. Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy S...(2007) Calabash is free, in all senses, and especially for its audience which this weekend will number between three and four thousand. The Guardian(Jun 04, 2016) 1 n Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits 2Syn|Hyper Lagenaria siceraria, bottle gourd gourd, gourd vine any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds n tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds 3Syn|Hyper Crescentia cujete, calabash tree tree a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms 1n round gourd of the calabash tree Hyper gourd any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds 2n bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd Syn|Hyper gourd bottle 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 3n a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd Syn|Hyper calabash pipe pipe, tobacco pipe a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco |
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