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How to use gourd in a sentence

21 example sentences · noun

Gourd means any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae). Example: “I got so stoned last night. I was out of my gourd.”

Examples of gourd by meaning

nounA person's head.

  • I got so stoned last night. I was out of my gourd.

More sentences with gourd

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:saws gourds.From the entry saws gourds
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:sawing gourds.From the entry sawing gourds
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:sawed gourds.From the entry sawed gourds
  • Some types to try in your garden include the bitter gourd and calabash gourd.2009, Charlie Nardozzi and editors of the National Gardening Association, “Sweet Corn and an A to T of Other Worthy Veggies”, in Vegetable…. From the entry calabash
  • In due course they reached the far side of the Element of Water, gourd annex.2000, Piers Anthony, Vale of the Vole. From the entry fishly
  • Small boys eager to help in return for a gourd or two.1983 December 24, Andrea Loewenstein, “"What's Freedom Without Food In Your Stomach?" — A Trip to Haiti”, in Gay Community News, volume…. From the entry gourde
  • They introduced the gourd, taro and kumara from the Polynesian Islands to the New Zealanders.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 98. From the entry kumara
  • For instance, last night he dreamt that he had been buying strawberries as large as gourds.1920 July 8, Rabindranath Tagore, edited by [C[harles] F[reer] A[ndrews]], Letters from Abroad, Triplicane, Madras, Tamil Nadu: S.…. From the entry felicitous
  • Louis and, like a martin to its gourd, I headed back to the cotton fields of southeastern Missouri.2008, Paul Self, No Lower Place, page 219. From the entry like a martin to his gourd
  • Locomen, prophets who claim clairvoyance, tossed animal bones from magical gourds, reading the scattered patterns to gain a glimpse into tomorrow.2005, Okeyo A. Jumal, “Baba Zumbi”, in Spiritual Shackles, Griot, page 150. From the entry locoman
  • This meatless version features potatoes, carrots, and West Indian pumpkin, a huge gourd with a vibrant orange flesh and sweet flavor.1998, Jay Solomon, 150 Vegan Favorites: Fresh, Easy, and Incredibly Delicious Recipes You Can Enjoy Every Day, "West Indian Pumpkin…. From the entry sancocho
  • The ball flew to its mark like a martin to his gourd and Lucky Ned Pepper fell dead in the saddle.1968, Charles Portis, True Grit. From the entry like a martin to his gourd
  • Everybody tipped up the jug and took a snort of whisky and followed it with a gourd of cool water.1951, Indiana Historical Society Publications, volumes 16-17, page 157. From the entry snort
  • Cucumisin (EC 3.4.21.25, 67 kDa) is an alkaline serine protease found in various melon fruits such as Cucumis melo L. and various gourds.2017, Alaa El-Din A. Bekhit, Advances in Meat Processing Technology, page 87. From the entry cucumisin
  • To complete this elemental need-picture, shells or hollowed gourds became jug and bowl; and any broad leaf or flat boulder could double as a plate.1939 July 24, Caleb, “The ABC’s of Silver”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, volume XCVIII, number 175, page 4, column 1. From the entry utensilry
  • As the young man turned to pick up his stick to beat it, the snake spat its poison into the man's water gourd before slithering away.2011, Beverley Naidoo, Aesop's Fables, page 20. From the entry sjoe
  • Children swung from the branches of the banyan tree, teenagers climbed into the arbours of orchids and gourds into which the abandoned cars had been transformed.1979, J.G. Ballard, The Unlimited Dream Company, chapter 24. From the entry arbor
  • To the gourd growers and potters reaching America, would not the most obvious candidate in this strange botanical world be the most gourdlike plant, hence the cucurbitas?1977, George F. Carter, “A Hypothesis Suggesting a Single Origin of Agriculture”, in Charles A. Reed, editor, Origins of Agriculture, The…. From the entry cucurbita
  • Pigafetta mentions, for example, finding in Cebu such food items as rice, millet, panicum, sorgo, ginger, bananas, oranges, lemons, sugar cane, garlic, honey, coconuts, nangcas, and gourds.1954, Conrado O. Benitez, History of the Philippines: Economic, Social, Cultural, Political, page 39. From the entry nangca
  • I should not want to forget the gourd, for this seems to me the clown of vinedom, imitating as it does in grotesque manner other fruits.1926, Elsa Rehmann, Antoinette Rehmann Perrett, Garden-making, page 85. From the entry vinedom

Meaning of gourd

  1. noun Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).
  2. noun A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria or Cucurbita.
  3. noun The dried and hardened shell of such fruit, made into a drinking vessel, bowl, spoon, or other objects designed for use or decoration.

Full definition of gourd

Questions about gourd in a sentence

How do you use gourd in a sentence?
Gourd is used as a noun. For example: “I got so stoned last night. I was out of my gourd.”
What is a short sentence with gourd?
“For quotations using this term, see Citations:sawed gourds.”
What does gourd mean?
Gourd means any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).

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