squash

1. A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
2. 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.

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

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

4. Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.
5. Something unripe or soft.
6. A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
7. An extremely one-sided, usually short, match.

1. To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
2. 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.

3. To suppress; to force into submission.

1. A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.
2. Any other similar-looking plant of other genera.
3. The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.

   We ate squash and green beans.

noun

Muskrat.