1. a large gourd with a hard shell that can be dried and used as a container or utensil
2. a container, bowl, or pipe made from the dried shell of a calabash gourd
3. the vine or plant that produces calabash gourds
Usage: botanical

Examples

• The farmer harvested several large calabashes from his garden.
• She carved a beautiful bowl from a dried calabash.
• Traditional musicians often use calabash gourds to make instruments.
• The calabash vine grew over the entire fence.
• Water was stored in hollowed-out calabashes.
• The calabash shell made an excellent natural container.
• Children played with small calabashes as toys.