calabash

Noun

Meaning

The common gourd (plant or fruit).

The fruit of the calabash tree.

A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

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Hypernyms

pipe bottle gourd tobacco pipe gourd vine

Phrases with the word

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Examples

A calabash pipe is rather large and easy to recognize as a pipe when used on a stage in dramatic productions. Source: Internet

Calabash gourds (usually with meerschaum or porcelain bowls set inside them) have long made prized pipes, but they are labour-intensive and, today, quite expensive. Source: Internet

During a public performance, an mbira dzavadzimu is frequently placed in a deze ( calabash resonator) to amplify its sound. Source: Internet

" the elder said in Sepedi, speaking in a slow, melancholic voice as she made the offering to the gods, pouring beer on the floor from a calabash. Source: Internet

Calabash adjustment board denies setback varianceCALABASH—The town board of adjustment on Monday denied a variance request for side and rear setbacks. Source: Internet

Most of the story takes place in the actual town of Livingston, Mont. (McGuane once owned a ranch nearby.) But key scenes occur in Orofino, Idaho (home of the lubricous aunt), and at fictional Calabash College, somewhere in northern Ohio. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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