squashy
adjEtymology From squash + -y.
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Easily squashed when pressed.
- a squashy tomato
- It was a typical bachelor's study, comfortable and old fashioned, with squashy armchairs and an old desk piled high with papers.1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 105:
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Resembling a bog or marsh underfoot.
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Resembling a squash.
- Some might describe yellow squash as bland but others would say not. It's delicate and definitely squashy, but in this recipe, the saffron, basil, and umami boost from nutritional yeast make it something to reckon with.2014, Deborah Madison, The New Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed, →ISBN, page 190:
- Derived terms
- squashily, squashiness