Gourd is an English word with synonyms like calabash or bottle. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Gourd meaning
- Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).
- A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria or Cucurbita.
- The dried and hardened shell of such fruit, made into a drinking vessel, bowl, spoon, or other objects designed for use or decoration.
Using Gourd
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae). | A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria or Cucurbita. | The dried and hardened shell of such fruit, made into a drinking vessel, bowl, spoon, or other objects designed for use or decoration.
- Useful related words include: calabash, bottle, fruit, gourd vine.
- In the example corpus, gourd often appears in combinations such as: the gourd, gourd with, gourd into.
Context around Gourd
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gourd
- In this selection, "gourd" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bottle, dried, longest, pipes, usually and though stand out and add context to how "gourd" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a gigantic gourd weighing in and about this gourd though you. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gourd" sits close to words such as abakaliki, abbasi and abductors, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gourd
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Follow the drinking gourd. (4 words)
How to make the lauki or bottle gourd halwa? (9 words)
I was stoned out my gourd during the entire production of this movie. (13 words)
Ryan O’Sullivan, Sales Director for Redrow East Midlands, said: “This year, we want to make sure that local residents all have a fang-tastic Halloween, so we've made sure that no one will be left out of the gourd times at Foxbridge Manor. (45 words)
Grand Forks Central setter Madeline Stangl and middle blocker Mackenzie Norlin (7) attempt a last-minute bump off of a spike from Devils Lake's Laila Gourd (17) in the final set of Tuesday's volleyball match in Grand Forks. (40 words)
As a painter needs a good set of brushes, the ambitious pumpkin-carver should not be satisfied with a kitchen knife, which is only good for the initial cut through the top of the gourd. (35 words)
How to make the lauki or bottle gourd halwa? (9 words)
Example sentences (20)
Both wood and gourd pipes are functionally the same (with the important exception that the dried gourd, usually being noticeably lighter, sits more comfortably in the mouth).
God then says to him: “You have been concerned about this gourd, though you did not tend it or make it grow.
He also has the world record for the heaviest bell pepper (738g) and shows us his bid for longest gourd plant.
Ryan O’Sullivan, Sales Director for Redrow East Midlands, said: “This year, we want to make sure that local residents all have a fang-tastic Halloween, so we've made sure that no one will be left out of the gourd times at Foxbridge Manor.
Durgarani successfully transformed the universally disliked gourd into a sweet treat by combining Bangladeshi and South Indian recipes.
How to make the lauki or bottle gourd halwa?
The great pumpkin in question—a gigantic gourd weighing in at several hundred pounds—is scooped out, scorched, filled with pumpkin beer, sealed, conditioned, and tapped at the event.
These are nice to have around in the long-term, but absorbing a spirit also provides the short-term benefit of refilling the Destined One's healing gourd.
This NPC will stay at this location for the entire game, so you will need to return to him any time you find upgrade materials and want to improve your gourd.
Bunty Gautam, a vegetable trader at Ghazipur mandi, said, “Lesser quantities of cauliflower, bottle gourd and peas are coming into the market because of the road blockages.
Follow the drinking gourd.
Grand Forks Central setter Madeline Stangl and middle blocker Mackenzie Norlin (7) attempt a last-minute bump off of a spike from Devils Lake's Laila Gourd (17) in the final set of Tuesday's volleyball match in Grand Forks.
In their backyard, and even out front, they grew tomatoes, okra, broccoli, cauliflower and eggplant among other things, including the Indian vegetable called bitter gourd.
This is perhaps the reason loofah, which is made using the luffa gourd, does not make it to the list of best bathing accessories.
As a painter needs a good set of brushes, the ambitious pumpkin-carver should not be satisfied with a kitchen knife, which is only good for the initial cut through the top of the gourd.
Brookgreen Gardens While October is the month for spookiness, it's also the beginning of decorative gourd season.
Eddy Zaychkowsky stands next to his giant gourd at the 2016 Smoky Lake Great White North Pumpkin Fair.
Given its social nature, yerba maté is not commonly served at cafés or restaurants, so your best bet is to find a group of locals willing to share their gourd with you.
Gourd is the director of the Cherokee Heritage Center in Park Hill, Okla., and one of the many Cherokee who order seeds from the Cherokee Nation’s seed bank each year in February.
I was stoned out my gourd during the entire production of this movie.
Common combinations with gourd
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: