gourd
pronunciation
How to pronounce gourd in British English:
UK [gʊəd]
How to pronounce gourd in American English:
US [gʊrd]
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- Noun:
- bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd
- any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds
- any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds
Word Origin
- gourd (n.)
- c. 1300, from Anglo-French gourde, Old French coorde, ultimately from Latin cucurbita "gourd," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps related to cucumis "cucumber." Dried and excavated, the shell was used as a scoop or dipper.
Example
- 1. To swell the gourd , and plump the hazel shells
- 2. Bitter gourd tea , dehydrated vegetables .
- 3. Cannot let a son play in the courtyard again later , seem to also want harvest because of wang baibai 's wax gourd !
- 4. But god prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day , and it smote the gourd that it withered .
- 5. I 've got it here somewhere . That 's four for the gourd .