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squash vs squashes

Both 'squash' and 'squashes' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Squash' is the singular form, used when referring to one fruit or vegetable, while 'squashes' is the plural form, used when referring to more than one fruit or vegetable.

Last updated: March 24, 2024 • 1046 views

squash

This is the singular form of the word 'squash', used when referring to one fruit or vegetable.

Use 'squash' when talking about a single fruit or vegetable of the squash family. It is the correct singular form of the word.

Examples:

  • I bought a squash at the market.
  • She cooked a delicious squash for dinner.
  • The guys in my squash club.
  • You should come to my squash club.
  • This is a butternut squash and truffle butter flatbread.
  • Dora went to buy the squash.
  • Here are some tokens for a complimentary tea or squash at the interval.
  • Coke and a squash, please.
  • Don't think the Prime Minister wants to play squash with me.
  • He plays squash with the Prime Minister.
  • Also, tomorrow we're playing squash against the Squashes.
  • I beat him at squash every Tuesday.
  • Okay, but nobody wants the squash team.
  • I mean, I quashed the squash.
  • Lucky for her, Wellesley has an anemic squash team.
  • It's pan-roasted tilapia with squash blossoms.
  • He has a sailboat, and sometimes we play squash.
  • So, Terry can do squash on the Tuesday.
  • Have some of the squash Rebecca made.
  • Make sure you learn fencing and squash.
  • I play squash with him at the club sometimes.
  • Well, those guys all play squash and have middle names.

Alternatives:

  • a squash
  • the squash
  • this squash
  • that squash
  • my squash

squashes

This is the plural form of the word 'squash', used when referring to more than one fruit or vegetable.

Use 'squashes' when talking about multiple fruits or vegetables of the squash family. It is the correct plural form of the word.

Examples:

  • She grows different types of squashes in her garden.
  • We bought several squashes at the store.
  • I don't usually work with squashes.
  • You like squashes, as I can see.
  • Second week of September, fall squashes in fresno.
  • But don't go squashing my squashes.
  • You've arrested me because I refuse to play by a system that squashes innovation, civil liberties and science.
  • I have to finish editing the Huey wedding today, or Bridezilla's going to invade Tokyo, after she squashes me first.
  • It squashes a man's ego.
  • Dr. Satan will shrink back to normal size if he squashes his unholy bride with the heel of his cloven hoof
  • Also, tomorrow we're playing squash against the Squashes.
  • But when the chiítas of the south of Iraq they subset sail... the administration stops that Saddam squashes them.
  • You've arrested me because i refuse to play by a system that squashes innovation,

Alternatives:

  • several squashes
  • many squashes
  • some squashes
  • those squashes
  • these squashes

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