gourd
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English gourde, from Anglo-Norman gurde, gourde, from Latin cucurbita. Doublet of cucurbit.
Inflected forms:
form: gourds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).
pos: noun
gloss: A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria or Cucurbita.
pos: noun
gloss: The dried and hardened shell of such fruit, made into a drinking vessel, bowl, spoon, or other objects designed for use or decoration.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of the climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes watermelon, pumpkins, and cucumbers.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: Loaded dice.
pos: noun
tags: informal
gloss: A person's head.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: I got so stoned last night. I was out of my gourd.
Related words: basket
bucket
calabash
calabaza
cucurbitaceous
Derived words: ash gourd
bitter gourd
bottle gourd
Chinese snake gourd
coyote gourd
dishcloth gourd
fig-leaf gourd
gooseberry gourd
gourder
gourdful
gourdification
gourdlike
gourd rattle
gourdworm
ivy gourd
like a martin to his gourd
like a martin to its gourd
Malabar gourd
Missouri gourd
out of one's gourd
pilgrim's gourd
saw gourds
serpent gourd
shepherd's gourd
slipper gourd
snake gourd
soap gourd
sour gourd
sponge gourd
squash and gourd bee
succade gourd
tallow gourd
towel gourd
wax gourd
West Indian gourd
white gourd
winter gourd
Translations:
lang: Achuar
word: yuwi
lang: Armenian
word: դդում
roman: ddum
lang: Assamese
word: লাউ
roman: lau
lang: Bhojpuri
word: लौकी
roman: laukī
lang: Bulgarian
word: кратуна
roman: kratuna
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 葫蘆 /葫芦
roman: húlu
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 瓜
roman: guā
lang: Danish
word: flaskegræskar
lang: Danish
word: kalabas
lang: Esperanto
word: kukurbo
lang: Finnish
word: kurpitsa
lang: French
word: calebasse
lang: Galician
word: cabaza
lang: Galician
word: batefa
lang: German
word: Flaschenkürbis
lang: German
word: Kalebasse
lang: Ancient Greek
word: τολύπη
roman: tolúpē
lang: Hebrew
word: דלעת
lang: Hindi
word: लौकी
roman: laukī
lang: Hungarian
word: tök
lang: Japanese
word: 瓢箪
roman: hyōtan
lang: Japanese
word: ヒョウタン
roman: hyōtan
lang: Korean
word: 박
roman: bak
lang: Lakota
word: wagmu
lang: Latin
word: cucurbita
lang: Malay
word: labu
lang: Manchu
word: ᡥᠣᡨᠣ
roman: hoto
lang: Māori
word: omoomo
lang: Māori
word: hue
lang: Māori
word: kīaka
lang: Māori
word: kamokamo
lang: Middle English
word: gourde
lang: Mongolian
word: шийгуа
roman: šiigua
lang: Nahuatl
word: ayohtli
lang: Navajo
word: ndilkal
lang: Persian
word: کدو
roman: kadu
lang: Persian
word: اج
roman: oj
lang: Polish
word: tykwa
lang: Portuguese
word: cabaça
lang: Portuguese
word: cuia
lang: Quechua
word: sapallu
lang: Russian
word: ты́ква
roman: týkva
lang: Russian
word: горля́нка
roman: gorljánka
lang: Sanskrit
word: कुम्भाण्डी
roman: kumbhāṇḍī
lang: Sicilian
word: cucuzza
lang: Spanish
word: pipián
lang: Spanish
word: ayacaste
lang: Spanish
word: auyama
lang: Spanish
word: ahuyama
lang: Spanish
word: ayote
lang: Spanish
word: guaje
lang: Thai
word: มะระ
roman: má-rá
lang: Turkish
word: sukabağı
lang: Turkish
word: susak
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: قباق
roman: kabak
lang: Unami
word: xkànakhàkw