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gourd Definition

gourd (gôrd, go̵ord)

adjective

designating a family (Cucurbitaceae, order Violales) of dicotyledonous plants, including the squash, melon, cucumber, and pumpkin

Etymology: ME gourde < OFr gouorde < L cucurbita

noun

  1. any trailing or climbing plant belonging to the gourd family
  2. any of the ornamental, inedible fruits of these or related plants, esp. of a yellow-flowered variety (Cucurbita pepo ovifera) of the pumpkin
  3. ☆ the dried, hollowed-out shell of such a fruit, used as a drinking cup, dipper, etc.
  4. Slang the head: usually in the phrase out of one's gourd, crazy, foolish, etc.

gourd Synonyms

gourd

n.

  1. A melon

    squash, calabash, pumpkin; see melon.

  2. A cup

    bottle, dipper, flask; see cup.

gourd Usage Examples

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.