Sherlock Holmes is smoking from a calabash pipe.
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Calabash
//ˈkaləbaʃ//
Synonyms for "calabash" (20 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (10)
Related word relations
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6 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
9 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
134 translations across 55 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κολοκύνθη noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
Arabic
2 entries- دُبَّاء noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- دُبَّاء noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
Armenian
3 entries- կոշ noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
- շշադդում noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
- շշուկ noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
Assamese
1 entries- লাউ noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
Bengali
2 entries- কদু noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
- লাউ noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
Bulgarian
3 entries- крату́на noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
- кратуна noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- кратуна noun (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
Burmese
2 entries- ဘူး noun (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
- ဘူးသီး noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
Catalan
3 entries- carabassera vinatera noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- carbassa vinera noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
- carbassera vinera noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 葫蘆 /葫芦 noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- 葫蘆 /葫芦 noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 葫蘆 /葫芦 noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- 葫蘆 /葫芦 noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
Dutch
4 entries- kalebas noun (Crescentia cujete)
- kalebas noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- kalebas noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
- kalebas noun (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
Esperanto
3 entries- botelkukurbo noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- kalabaso noun (musical instrument)
- lagenario noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
Finnish
4 entries- kalebassi noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- kalebassi noun (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
- pullokurpitsa noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- pullokurpitsa noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
French
2 entries- calebasse noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- calebasse noun (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
Georgian
2 entries- აყირო noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- ყელიანი გოგრა noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
German
2 entries- Flaschenkürbis noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- Flaschenkürbis noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
Hausa
1 entries- duma noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
Hawaiian
2 entries- hue noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- hue noun (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
Hindi
4 entries- घीया noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
- दूधी noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
- लौकी noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- लौकी noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
Hungarian
1 entries- lopótök noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
Italian
1 entries- calabassa noun (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
Japanese
2 entries- ヒョウタン noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- 瓢箪 noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
Jeju
1 entries- 박세기 noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
Kannada
1 entries- ಸೋರೆ noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
Kari'na
1 entries- kuwai'i noun (Crescentia cujete)
Korean
2 entries- 박 noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- 박 noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
Laz
3 entries- კარკალა noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- კოკოჩა noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- ჭურა noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
Lokono
3 entries- ida noun (Crescentia cujete)
- ida daia noun (Crescentia cujete)
- iwida noun (Crescentia cujete)
Luo
1 entries- agwata noun (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
Maasai
2 entries- enkukuri noun (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
- oltulet noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
Macedonian
1 entries- ле́јка noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
Malayalam
1 entries- ചുരക്ക noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
Mingrelian
4 entries- კოლო ჭურა noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- ტუტლა noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- ყოყორე noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- ჭურა noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
Māori
4 entries- hue noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- karaha noun (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
- kāhaka noun (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
- kārahe noun (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- лоповик noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
Polish
2 entries- tykwa noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- tykwa noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
Portuguese
4 entries- cabaceiro noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- cabaça noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- cabaça noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
- cuia noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
Russian
4 entries- горля́нка noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- горля́нка noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
- калаба́ш noun (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
- кальян noun (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
Samoan
2 entries- fagu noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- fagu noun (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- afrička tikva noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- kalabaš noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
Spanish
4 entries- bangaña noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
- bangaña noun (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
- calabacino noun (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
- guacal noun (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
Sranan Tongo
4 entries- gobi noun (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
- godo noun (Crescentia cujete)
- godo noun (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
- krabasi noun (Crescentia cujete)
Svan
3 entries- აყირი noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- ტუტუ̂ირ noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- ჰაყა̈რ noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
Swahili
3 entries- buyu noun (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
- mabuyu noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
- mbuyu noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
Swedish
1 entries- kalebass noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
Tamil
1 entries- சுரைக்காய் noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
Telugu
1 entries- సొరకాయ noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
Ternate
1 entries- sambiki noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
Thai
2 entries- น้ำเต้า noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- น้ำเต้า noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
Tongan
2 entries- fangu noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- fangu noun (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
Tulu
1 entries- ತುರೆತ ಅಡ್ಯೆ noun (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
Turkish
1 entries- su kabağı noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
Tzotzil
2 entries- boch noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
- boch noun (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
Wolof
1 entries- ndab noun (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
Yoruba
1 entries- igbá noun (''Lagenaria siceraria'')
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Stuffing cucumber and calabash are cucurbits.
Source: tatoeba (13242975)
Stuffing cucumber and calabash are gourds.
Source: tatoeba (13242976)
As we were absolutely destitute of large vessels, to contain and mix liquids, we poured, by means of a tutuma (fruit of crescentia cujete, calabash), the water of the river into one of the holes of the rock. To this we added sugar, and the juice of acid fruits. In a few minutes we had an excellent beverage, which was almost a refinement of luxury in that wild spot; […]
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