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- [kal-uh-bash]
- /ˈkæl əˌbæʃ/
- /ˈkæl.ə.bæʃ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kal-uh-bash]
- /ˈkæl əˌbæʃ/
Definitions of calabash word
- noun calabash a tropical American evergreen tree, Crescentia cujete, that produces large round gourds: family Bignoniaceae 3
- noun calabash the gourd of either of these plants 3
- noun calabash the dried hollow shell of a gourd used as the bowl of a tobacco pipe, a bottle, rattle, etc 3
- noun calabash a tropical American tree (Crescentia cujete) of the bignonia family, or its large, gourdlike fruit 3
- noun calabash an Old World tropical vine (Lagenaria siceraria) of the gourd family, or its bottle-shaped, gourdlike fruit 3
- noun calabash a large smoking pipe made from the neck of this gourd 3
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Origin of calabash
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
1590-1600; < Middle French calabasse < Spanish calabaza < Catalan carabaça, perhaps < Arabic qarʿah yābisah gourd (that is) dry
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Parts of speech for Calabash
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
calabash popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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