gourd

[ gawrd, gohrd, goord ]
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noun
  1. 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.

  2. a plant bearing such a fruit.

  1. a dried and excavated gourd shell used as a bottle, dipper, flask, etc.

  2. a gourd-shaped, small-necked bottle or flask.

Idioms about gourd

  1. out of / off one's gourd, Slang. out of one's mind; crazy.

Origin of gourd

1
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English gourd(e), courde, from Anglo-French (Old French cöorde ), from Latin cucurbita

Other words from gourd

  • gourdlike, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for gourd

gourd

/ (ɡʊəd) /


noun
  1. 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

  2. any plant that bears this fruit: See also sour gourd, dishcloth gourd, calabash

  1. a bottle or flask made from the dried shell of the bottle gourd

  2. a small bottle shaped like a gourd

Origin of gourd

1
C14: from Old French gourde, ultimately from Latin cucurbita

Derived forms of gourd

  • gourdlike, adjective
  • gourd-shaped, adjective

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