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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets;
[syn: squash, squash racquets, squash rackets]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Squash \Squash\, n. 1. Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease. [1913 Webster] Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy; as a squash is before 't is a peascod. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt. "This squash, this gentleman." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] My fall was stopped by a terrible squash. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 4. A game much like rackets, played in a walled court with soft rubber balls and bats like tennis rackets; -- called also squash rackets. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

squash rackets n 1: a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets [syn: squash, squash racquets, squash rackets]