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squashed

squashed adjective: squeezed until flattened, or until a pulp. Also the simple past and past participle of squash.

Adjective

squashed (comparative more squashed, superlative most squashed)

  1. squeezed until flattened, or until a pulp
    • Such threadbare coats and trousers, such fusty gowns and shawls, such squashed hats and bonnets, such boots and shoes, such umbrellas and walking-sticks, never were seen in Rag Fair.1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC
  2. suppressed or silenced

Also used as

squashed is also the simple past and past participle of squash.

Forms of squashed

comparativemore squashed
superlativemost squashed

Words formed from squashed

Phrases with squashed

Questions about squashed

What does squashed mean?
Squashed means squeezed until flattened, or until a pulp.
What part of speech is squashed?
Squashed is an adjective.

Words near squashed in the dictionary

  1. squash the beef
  2. squashability
  3. squashable
  4. squashberries
  5. squashberry
  6. squashed
  7. squashed fly biscuit
  8. squashed fly biscuits
  9. squashed frog
  10. squashed frogs
  11. squashed the beef

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