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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
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Examples for "calabash"
Examples for "calabash"
1
The man handed up a calabash with a little water in it.
The Great Taboo
2
This he carries in a calabash, and pours out on the water.
The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
3
Now, strangely enough, I had no great interest in that calabash stew.
Arizona Nights
4
We hang a calabash, filled with oil and medicines, upon your arm.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1
5
The savage took water in a calabash and laid it on the floor.
What's Bred in the Bone
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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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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