Cordial vs. Squash

Cordial (adjective)

Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate.

Cordial (adjective)

Radiating warmth and friendliness; genial.

Cordial (adjective)

Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits.

Cordial (adjective)

Proceeding from the heart.

Cordial (noun)

A concentrated noncarbonated soft drink which is diluted with water before drinking.

Cordial (noun)

An individual serving of such a diluted drink.

Cordial (noun)

A pleasant-tasting medicine.

Cordial (noun)

A liqueur prepared using the infusion process.

Cordial (noun)

A maraschino cherries) and syrup or fondant.

Cordial (noun)

Anything that revives or comforts.

Squash (noun)

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

Squash (noun)

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.”

Squash (noun)

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

“It’s a bit of a squash in this small room.”

Squash (noun)

Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.

Squash (noun)

Something unripe or soft.

Squash (noun)

A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.

Squash (noun)

An extremely one-sided, usually short, match.

Squash (noun)

A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.

Squash (noun)

Cucurbita maxima, including hubbard squash, great winter squash, buttercup squash, and some varieties of pumpkins.

Squash (noun)

(syn. ver=161009), cushaw squash.

Squash (noun)

Cucurbita moschata, butternut squash, Barbary squash, China squash.

Squash (noun)

Any other similar-looking plant of other genera.

Squash (noun)

Cucurbita pepo, most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash, zucchini.

Squash (noun)

The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.

“We ate squash and green beans.”

Squash (noun)

Muskrat.

Squash (verb)

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

Squash (verb)

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.”

“We all managed to squash into Mum’s tiny car.”

Squash (verb)

To suppress; to force into submission.