gourd

From Middle English gourde, from Anglo-Norman gurde, gourde, from Latin cucurbita. Doublet of cucurbit.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡʊəd/, /ɡɔːd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡʊɚd/, /ɡɔɹd/

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• Rhymes: -ʊəd, -ɔː(ɹ)d, -ʊɹd
• Homophone: gored

gourd (plural gourds)

1. Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).
3. A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria or Cucurbita.
4. The dried and hardened shell of such fruit, made into a drinking vessel, bowl, spoon, or other objects designed for use or decoration.
5. (obsolete) Any of the climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes watermelon, pumpkins, and cucumbers.
6. (informal) Loaded dice.^[1]
7. (slang) A person's head.

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

• basket
• bucket
• calabash
• calabaza
• cucurbitaceous

• American Gourd Society

• groud

Inherited from Old French [Term?], from Latin gurdus.

• IPA^(key): /ɡuʁ/

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gourd (feminine gourde, masculine plural gourds, feminine plural gourdes)

1. numb
2. maladroit, gauche

• “gourd”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Old French [Term?], from Latin gurdus.

gourd m

1. (Jersey) numb