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ты́ква — meaning in English

tykva

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English meaning

  • gourd noun A hard-shelled fruit from a climbing or trailing vine in the pumpkin and squash family.
  • nut noun A hard-shelled seed or dry fruit, often edible.
  • 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

ты́ква is used for these senses in English:

  • gourd A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria or Cucurbita.
  • gourd (slang) A person's head.
  • nut (musical instruments, lutherie) On stringed instruments such as guitars and violins, the small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height.
  • 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.

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.

nut — full definition

  1. noun A hard-shelled seed or dry fruit, often edible.
  2. noun A small piece of hardware with a threaded hole, used with a bolt to fasten things together.
  3. noun Informal: a crazy or eccentric person, or an enthusiast for a particular subject.
  4. verb Slang: to headbutt someone.

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