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тиква — meaning in English

tikva

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English meaning

  • bean noun The edible seed of various pod-bearing plants, or the pod itself, eaten as a vegetable.
  • gourd noun A hard-shelled fruit from a climbing or trailing vine in the pumpkin and squash family.
  • nob noun A informal, often mildly mocking British term for a wealthy or upper-class person.
  • pumpkin noun A large round orange fruit that grows on a vine, often used for cooking or carved for Halloween.
  • squash noun A racquet sport played in a walled court with a small rubber ball.

Senses

тиква is used for these senses in English:

  • bean (slang) The head or brain.
  • gourd (slang) A person's head.
  • nob (now only in, _, slang) The head.
  • pumpkin The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.
  • squash (botany, countable) A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.

bean — full definition

  1. noun The edible seed of various pod-bearing plants, or the pod itself, eaten as a vegetable.
  2. verb Informally, to hit someone with a thrown object, especially on the head.

gourd — full definition

  1. noun A hard-shelled fruit from a climbing or trailing vine in the pumpkin and squash family.
  2. noun The dried, hollowed shell of such a fruit, used as a bowl, container, or drinking vessel.

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