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gourd
/ɡʊɚd/
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What does gourd mean?
noun
- Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).
- A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria or Cucurbita.
- The dried and hardened shell of such fruit, made into a drinking vessel, bowl, spoon, or other objects designed for use or decoration.
More meanings (3)
noun
- (informal) Loaded dice.
- (slang) A person's head.
- (obsolete) Any of the climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes watermelon, pumpkins, and cucumbers.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɡʊɚd/
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The statuette, in bronze, something less than two feet high, represented a naked youth drinking from a gourd.
In Algiers, the Kabyle peasant attaches a gourd, well fixed, to a tree, and places within it some rice.
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A small gourd tied to the quiver carries a supply of piths all ready to be placed on the darts.
They often lined a hollowed-out gourd with bits of bark and fastened it in the crotch of their tent poles to invite its friendship.
If any poison remained in my animal's caudal gourd, there must be at least some traces of it in the infusion in the watch glass.