transcription, транскрипция: [ skwɒʃ ]
( squashes, squashing, squashed)
1.
If someone or something is squashed , they are pressed or crushed with such force that they become injured or lose their shape.
Robert was lucky to escape with just a broken foot after being squashed against a fence by a car...
Whole neighbourhoods have been squashed flat by shelling...
She made clay models and squashed them flat again.
VERB : be V-ed prep , be V-ed adj , V n adj
2.
If people or things are squashed into a place, they are put or pushed into a place where there is not enough room for them to be.
The stage is squashed into a small corner of the field.
= cram
ADJ : v-link ADJ into n
3.
If you say that getting a number of people into a small space is a squash , you mean that it is only just possible for them all to get into it. ( INFORMAL )
It all looked a bit of a squash as they squeezed inside the small hatchback.
= squeeze
N-SING : a N
4.
If you squash something that is causing you trouble, you put a stop to it, often by force.
The troops would stay in position to squash the first murmur of trouble.
VERB : V n
5.
Squash is a game in which two players hit a small rubber ball against the walls of a court using rackets.
N-UNCOUNT
6.
Squash is a drink made from fruit juice, sugar, and water. Squash is sold in bottles in a concentrated form to which you add water. ( BRIT )
...a glass of orange squash.
= cordial
N-MASS
7.
A squash is one of a family of vegetables that have thick skin and soft or firm flesh inside.
N-VAR