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gourd
[ gawrd, gohrd, goord ]
noun
- the hard-shelled fruit of any of various plants, especially those of Lagenaria siceraria white-flowered gourd, or bottle gourd, whose dried shell is used for bowls and other utensils, and Cucurbita pepo yellow-flowered gourd, used ornamentally. Compare gourd family.
- a plant bearing such a fruit.
- a dried and excavated gourd shell used as a bottle, dipper, flask, etc.
- a gourd-shaped, small-necked bottle or flask.
gourd
/ ɡʊəd /
noun
- the fruit of any of various cucurbitaceous or similar plants, esp the bottle gourd and some squashes, whose dried shells are used for ornament, drinking cups, etc
- a bottle or flask made from the dried shell of the bottle gourd
- a small bottle shaped like a gourd
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Derived Forms
- ˈgourdˌlike, adjective
- ˈgourd-ˌshaped, adjective
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Other Words From
- gourdlike adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gourd1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gourd1
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Idioms and Phrases
- out of / off one's gourd, Slang. out of one's mind; crazy.
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Example Sentences
Teammates would get calls from Ellis out of his gourd at 3:30 a.m. on nights before games.
Instead, Violet is kidnapped and solid to a rival courtesan house, where she is trained by an older courtesan named Magic Gourd.
The woman who was the spokesperson held out a calabash, a hollowed out gourd traditionally used to hold the cutters' instruments.
One is simply composed of a crooked stick, a small hollow gourd, and a single string of brass wire.
See Fig. 85, a copy of a broken sepulchral slab, in which the prophets booth is reduced to a single branch of a gourd.
With that he took a big gourd from the corner and painted a face on it with a piece of charcoal found in the fireplace.
Through the opening he slowly pushed the gourd, topped by the hat and having long hair hanging down the sides.
I have a clear picture of the warrior holding the 247 end of the cord calling for some one to bring a gourd of water.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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