squash

A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.

A soft drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.

“When I'm thirsty I drink squash; it tastes much nicer than plain water.”

A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.

“It's a bit of a squash in this small room.”

Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.

Something unripe or soft.

A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.

An extremely one-sided, usually short, match.

To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.

To compress or restrict (oneself) into a small space; to squeeze.

“Somehow, she squashed all her books into her backpack, which was now too heavy to carry.”

To suppress; to force into submission.

A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.

Any other similar-looking plant of other genera.

The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.

“We ate squash and green beans.”

Muskrat.