squash

Squash has 1 syllable.

verb. To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition.

noun. A game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets.

noun. Any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits.

noun. Edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable.