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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gourd /gɔrd, gʊrd/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Plant Biologythe hard-shelled fruit of a certain long, green plant, made into bowls, ladles, etc.
- Plant Biologya plant bearing such a fruit.
- a dried and dug out gourd shell used as a bottle, dipper, flask, etc.
Idioms[be + ~]- Idioms out of or off one's gourd, [Slang.]out of one's mind;
crazy. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gourd (gôrd, gōrd, gŏŏrd),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologythe hard-shelled fruit of any of various plants, esp. 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. Cf. gourd family.
- Plant Biologya 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.
- out of or off one's gourd, [Slang.]out of one's mind;
crazy.
- Latin cucurbita
- Anglo-French (Old French cöorde)
- Middle English gourd(e), courde 1275–1325
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gourd /ɡʊəd/ n - 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
- any plant that bears this fruit
- a bottle or flask made from the dried shell of the bottle gourd
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French gourde, ultimately from Latin cucurbita |