How to pronounce calabash
American English pronunciation
KAL-uh-bash
- IPA
- /ˈkæləˌbæʃ/
- Syllables
- KAL · uh · bash (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What calabash means
A dried gourd shell used as a bowl or bottle
In a sentence: At the market, a woman poured milk from a calabash into our cups.
Where it comes from: It comes from the French calebasse and the Spanish calabaza, a gourd. It may go back to an Arabic phrase meaning dry gourd, or to a Persian word for melon.
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