кальян — meaning in English
kalyan
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English meaning
- calabash noun A tree (known as the calabash tree; Crescentia cujete) native to Central and South America, the West Indies, and southern Florida, bearing large, round fruit used to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this tree.
- hookah noun A water pipe with a long flexible tube, traditionally used for smoking flavoured tobacco.
Senses
кальян is used for these senses in English:
- calabash A container made from the mature, dried shell of the fruit of one of the above plants; also, a similarly shaped container made from some other material.
- hookah (recreational inhalants) A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored.
calabash — full definition
- noun A tree (known as the calabash tree; Crescentia cujete) native to Central and South America, the West Indies, and southern Florida, bearing large, round fruit used to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this tree.
- noun The bottle gourd (calabash vine, Lagenaria siceraria), believed to have originated in Africa, which is grown for its fruit that are used as a vegetable and to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this plant.
- noun A container made from the mature, dried shell of the fruit of one of the above plants; also, a similarly shaped container made from some other material.
- noun A calabash and its contents; as much as fills such a container.