Definitions for gourds

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gourds gourd

Spelling: [gawrd, gohrd, goo rd]

IPA: /gɔrd, goʊrd, gʊərd/

Gourds is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 95 anagrams from letters in gourds (dgorsu).

Definitions for gourds

noun

1. the hard-shelled fruit of any of various plants, especially those of Lagenaria siceraria (white-flowered gourd or bottle gourd) whose dried shell is used for bowls and other utensils, and Cucurbita pepo (yellow-flowered gourd) used ornamentally. Compare gourd family.
2. a plant bearing such a fruit.
3. a dried and excavated gourd shell used as a bottle, dipper, flask, etc.
4. a gourd-shaped, small-necked bottle or flask.

Idioms

1. out of / off one's gourd, Slang. out of one's mind; crazy.

Origin of gourds

1275-1325; Middle English gourd(e), courde Anglo-French (Old French cöorde) Latin cucurbita

Examples for gourds

Here's a gourd, there's a yeast powder can, and there's a tin cup.

During all this, some added to the noise by rattling pebbles in a gourd.

"Dip her deep, son," he would say as he emptied the gourd and sent the boy for more.

"I went all the way," answered Allan, lifting the gourd of well-water to his lips.

When the gourd is all flourishing, a worm may unseen be preying at its root!

He provided himself also with a pilgrim's staff and a gourd to drink from.

Teammates would get calls from Ellis out of his gourd at 3:30 a.m. on nights before games.

Mrs. Ralston, unobserved, went to the table and picked up the gourd.

He placed the gourd on the edge of the table where we could all see it.

With her head bent forward, she stared at some petals that had fallen from the gourd.