 English vocabulary word of the day, squash, from espressoenglish.net. First let's work on the pronunciation. S-Q-U sounds like in the word square. The letter A has the A sound, like in father and wash. And the final SH sounds like in fish and cash. Say the word after me. Squash. The word squash refers to a category of vegetable. The picture shows various types of squash. Squash has a hard exterior, and you eat the inside. The word squash also refers to a specific sport. It's played in a room with two players who have rackets and who hit a small blue ball off the walls. Finally, squash can be a verb, meaning to crush something by applying pressure. In the picture, the person is about to squash a spider with his shoe. That's three meanings for the word squash. If you'd like to expand your vocabulary further, check out my Vocabulary Builder course. You can click the link in the video for a couple of free sample lessons from levels one and two of the course.