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squash

  • noun
  • /skwɒʃ/

A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.

Example

“She plays squash every Saturday.”

Other meanings

  1. A non-alcoholic drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.

  2. A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.

    “It's a bit of a squash in this small room.”

Example sentences

  • “What am I going to do with three squashes?”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "ex".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “squash” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.