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1. pumpkin
noun. ['ˈpʌmpkɪn, ˈpʌmkɪn'] 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.
Etymology
- pompon (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
- pepo (Latin)
Rhymes with Pumpkin
- frumkin
How do you pronounce pumpkin?
Pronounce pumpkin as ˈpəmpkɪn.
US - How to pronounce pumpkin in American English
UK - How to pronounce pumpkin in British English
How do you spell pumpkin? Is it pumkin ?
A common misspelling of pumpkin is pumkin
Sentences with pumpkin
1. Noun, singular or mass
Choosing a pumpkin seed that yields a plant the correct size for your garden space can be challenging.
2. Adjective
Open your taste buds to a rich and luxurious bite of these pumpkin chocolate chip cookie bars.
3. Foreign word
Why not try a miniature pumpkin variety for the ease of cultivation and exciting harvest?
4. Preposition or subordinating conjunction
Add 2 tablespoons ground pumpkin pie spice to the water.
Quotes about pumpkin
1. This shit is easy peasy, pumpkin peasy, pumpkin pie, muthafucka!
- Gerard Way
2. It was time to take the pumpkin out of the pot and eat it. In the final analysis, that was what solved these big problems of life. You could think and think and get nowhere, but you still had to eat your pumpkin. That brought you down to earth. That gave you a reason for going on. Pumpkin.
- Alexander McCall Smith, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
3. We had a blast at my magical birthday party. There were midgets, fairies, glass slippers, and I actually got to ride in a pumpkin.
- Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not FOR SALE