calabash
pronunciation
How to pronounce calabash in British English:
UK [ˈkæləbæʃ]
How to pronounce calabash in American English:
US ['kæləbæʃ]
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- Noun:
- round gourd of the calabash tree
- tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds
- Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits
- bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd
- a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd
Word Origin
- calabash (n.)
- 1590s, "dried, hollowed gourd used as a drinking cup," from Spanish calabaza, possibly from Arabic qar'a yabisa "dry gourd," from Persian kharabuz, used of various large melons; or from a pre-Roman Iberian *calapaccia.
Example
- 1. Tatenda majiri , 22 , hoists a calabash of home-brewed beer with some authority while discussing news of the day .
- 2. Deft move , how to change don 't have the mouth calabash ?
- 3. People say that a woman who has a delicate face like a doll , and a fine figure like a calabash always catches the eye .
- 4. Press calabash cannot load of company of - of - of the gourd ladle since float wants to be caught like farmer burden accuse to decrease .
- 5. Along with the development and innovation of techniques , series of blue , yellow porcelain products of " fugui hong " are derived with changeful ceramic types , such as square , calabash , bright red persimmon and other unique types .