Synonyms for Gourd
gɔrd, goʊrd, gʊərdgourd

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1. gourd, calabashnoun

   bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd

   Synonyms:
   bottle gourd, calabash tree, calabash, gourd vine, gourd, calabash pipe

2. gourdnoun

   any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds

   Synonyms:
   calabash, gourd vine

3. gourd, gourd vinenoun

   any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds

   Synonyms:
   gourd, calabash, gourd vine

Matched Categories

1. • Bottle
   • Fruit
   • Vine

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.4 / 5 votes

1. gourdnoun

   Synonyms:
   calabash

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.5 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "gourd":

   canteen, bimbo

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How to use Gourd in a sentence?

1. Rhiannon Giddens:

   Well, you know, the original banjos were all handmade instruments. Gourd - it would be made with gourds and whatever, you know, materials would have been around. And, you know, first hundred years of its existence, the banjo's known as a plantation instrument, as a black instrument.

2. Rhiannon Giddens:

   When I first heard the minstrel banjo - I played a gourd first - I almost lost my mind. I was like, Oh, my god. And then I went to Africa, to the Gambia, and studied the akonting, which is an ancestor of the banjo, and just that connection to me was just immense.