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# calabash

«calabash» in Mova's school dictionary: **A large gourd with a hard shell, or a bowl or flask made…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (calabash, calabashes)

### meaning for a pupil

A large gourd with a hard shell, or a bowl or flask made from one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calabash/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in African tales, a magic or everyday vessel that holds food, drink or a surprising person; the word is used as a container

### examples

- The calabash held water for the journey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calabash/#x1)
- She poured soup from the calabash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calabash/#x2)
- The calabash grew bigger every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calabash/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «calabash» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calabash/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.