Calabash

/ˈkaləbaʃ/

Synonyms for "calabash" (18 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(3 words)
bottle gourdcalabash treegourd

Strong matches (5)

Noun(2 words)
calabash pipecrescentia cujete

Related words (9)

Noun(5 words)
gourd drumgourdshollow gourdlagenaria sicerariapercussion instrument

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

11 entries
bottlecontainerfruitgourdgourd vineinstrumentmusical instrumentpipeplanttobacco pipetree

More specific

6 entries
bowlcalabash drumcalabash fruitcalabash shakerdrinking vesselstorage jar

Collocations

5 entries
calabash bowlcalabash drumcalabash gourdcalabash pipecalabash tree

Inflections

1 entries

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Sherlock Holmes is smoking from a calabash pipe.

Source: tatoeba (2845842)

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; […]

Source: wiktionary

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