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Meanings of gourd in English

Portuguese
cabaça
Catalan
carbassa

Bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd.

        cabaça
        Catalan
        carabassera

        Any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds.

              carabassera
              Usage of gourd in English
              1
              He filled the gourd and weighted it with stones; then backed out.
              Son of Power
              2
              The food is served in gourd dishes and eaten with gourd spoons.
              Little Journey to Puerto Rico / For Intermediate and Upper Grade...
              3
              The line hums as it runs from the gourd, from the gourd.
              Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula
              4
              Each held in the right hand a dry gourd which contained pebbles.
              Betty Zane
              5
              Then it was that the Hairless One filled the gourd for him.
              Before Adam
              6
              Finally, Sun succeeded in putting one of the Demons into his gourd.
              Myths and Legends of China
              7
              An empty gourd lay on the rock at the side of Metacom.
              The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish
              8
              The nest when completed assumes the form of a large, suspended gourd.
              Wake-Robin
              9
              The gourd is passed around in a circle and refilled as needed.
              BBC
              10
              Mrs. Ralston, unobserved, went to the table and picked up the gourd.
              The Silent Bullet
              11
              She drank tea from a thick gourd cup and immediately felt revived.
              Secrets of the Wolves
              12
              Fear once again rose in his gourd and he struggled to escape.
              Roma Victrix
              13
              Tarzan had to lift him that he might drink from the gourd.
              Tarzan of the Apes
              14
              There was a dried gourd filled with water in front of me.
              Spirit of the Wolves
              15
              His was the growth of the oak, and not of Jonah's gourd.
              The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln
              16
              It looked like a gourd or squash, though tapered at either end.
              Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
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