Definitions for pumpkin

pumpkin pump·kin

Spelling: [puhmp-kin or, commonly, puhng-kin]
IPA: /ˈpʌmp kɪn or, commonly, ˈpʌŋ kɪn/

Pumpkin is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in pumpkin (ikmnppu).

Definitions for pumpkin

noun

  1. a large, edible, orange-yellow fruit borne by a coarse, decumbent vine, Cucurbita pepo, of the gourd family.
  2. the similar fruit of any of several related species, as C. maxima or C. moschata.
  3. a plant bearing such fruit.

Origin of pumpkin

1640-50; alteration of pumpion (see -kin), variant of pompon Middle French, nasalized variant of popon melon, earlier pepon Latin pepōn- (stem of pepō) Greek pépōn kin

Examples for pumpkin

And his head ain't all mush and seeds like a pumpkin, if I'm any judge.

On pumpkin Fest weekend, they did things a little differently.

Warm water that has had pumpkin boiled in it is very good for bread.

The pumpkin, when he produced it, was the size of an orange—but still a pumpkin.

When they had gone he went into the den and came back with the pumpkin.

Then she took her into her chamber, and said to her, “Run into the garden, and bring me a pumpkin.”

Prepare the pumpkin as directed in Art. 65 and add the milk to it.

Finally, Deborah Racicot of Narcissa prepares mouth-watering (and non-basic) pumpkin crepes with warm sage cinnamon en glaze.

Tony Penna, the golf professional, tells of a bet by Titanic that he could throw a pumpkin over a three-story house.

Riots broke out both after last year's pumpkin festival and after the Red Sox World Series win last year.

Word Value for pumpkin
Scrable

17

Words with friends

22

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