Pumpkin - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈpʌmpkɪn|  American pronunciation of the word pumpkin
Brit.  |ˈpʌm(p)kɪn|  British pronunciation of the word pumpkin

noun

- a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes
- usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn

Extra examples

...the winner in the contest for biggest pumpkin was a jumbo that weighed in at over a thousand pounds...

...that's an almighty large pumpkin you've grown there...

What does pumpkin taste like (=how would you describe its taste)?

Word forms

noun
singular: pumpkin
plural: pumpkins
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