pumpkin
noun
a large, edible, orange-yellow fruit borne by a coarse, decumbent vine, Cucurbita pepo, of the gourd family.
pumpkins
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pluralof pumpkin.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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With the biggest whoppers selling for upwards of £15 a piece, a fun family day out pushing wheelbarrows full of pumpkins can become costly, yet some attractions sell out quickly.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
It’s likely that pumpkins for pie fillings will cost more, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
As her success blossomed, Kusama’s fiberglass sculptures of flowers and pumpkins got bigger, her palette brightened and her installations became more kaleidoscopic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Daisy’s husband Matt, for one, feels torn about the spoopiness that retailers foreground with their shelves of pastel pumpkins and rainbow-hued ghosts, and not just because of the aesthetics.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
One morning, the youngest boy, Sipho, went from the huts to fetch water at the river to water the pumpkins.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
