acorn squash

noun

1. an acorn-shaped variety of winter squash, growing to 18 inches (46 centimeters) long and 14 inches (36 centimeters) in diameter, having a dark-green to orange-yellow skin and yellow to orange flesh.

Word History and Origins

Origin of acorn squash¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

All the other types get double names, like butternut squash or acorn squash, but not the yellow kind with the bulbous bodies and thin curving necks.

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This is before we watch her make the cheese, bake the bread and whip up the butter from fresh cream, along with preparing an acorn squash and sweet potato soup and roasting some fish.

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I read the signs: butternut, acorn squash, banana squash, and delicata.

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The latter is what we had in mind for this acorn squash in our book “Cook What You Have,” which draws on pantry staples to assemble easy weeknight meals.

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Also consider baked stuffed vegetables, such as acorn squash with a vegan stuffing or rice or grain mixture.

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