Preposition: of

• ash: They said the gourd of ashes will fall from the air.

• water: I gave him directions to have several gourds of water and a lot of yams, cocoa-nuts, and sweet potatoes.

Converse of object

• carry: In her right hand, she carries a gourd rattle.

• use: I used to use gourds but birds make holes in them, so now I often use old plastic water bottles.

• have: Looks like we already have a large gourd on the way, even with two on the vine.

• prepare: The Lord then prepares a gourd to overshadow Jonah in his booth, and Jonah is very glad because of the gourd.

• size: FragileWarrior wrote: " wrote in oups.com: We have a robust gourd vine that is putting out a nice sized dipper gourd.

• carve: Masai handicrafts ( shields, beads, lances, carved gourds ) are available everywhere that tourists roam.

Adjective modifier

• bitter: This cooling breeze, these strips of bitter gourd filled with fish paste, this ice-cold soy milk - they are real all right.

• large: Looks like we already have a large gourd on the way, even with two on the vine.

• small: Small gourds will dry in less than a month, and large ones can take up to six months.

• ornamental: Many ornamental gourds ( Cucumis pepo ) are hardy enough to be grown outside once the danger of frost is past.

• giant: One of my ideas was to burn Loudon Wainwright into a giant donut gourd.

• double: Double gourds are especially treasured as symbols of fertility.

Modifies a noun

• family: Early Cucumber The cucumber is the fleshy fruit of the gourd family originally from northern India.

• vine: I may try it one year when I have a few more gourd vines to spare.

• plant: Allah caused a gourd plant to grow over him.

Noun used with modifier

• bottle: In early Peruvian civilisations, bottle gourds were even used in head surgery.

• snake: Some unusual vegetable like drumstick and snake gourd are available here and are popular additions to our menus.

• dipper: FragileWarrior wrote: " wrote in oups.com: We have a robust gourd vine that is putting out a nice sized dipper gourd.