Pumpkin
noun
A large round vegetable with a thick orange skin that is often cut and used as a lantern for Halloween.
He carved a scary face into the pumpkin for Halloween.
Often appears as...
- pumpkin pie
- pumpkin seed
noun
The flesh of pumpkin that is commonly used in cooking and baking.
I am making a pumpkin soup for dinner.
Often appears as...
- pumpkin soup
- pumpkin pie
Usage tips
Culinary
noun
A term of endearment for somebody you care about.
Good night, pumpkin.
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
noun
A large round vegetable with a thick orange skin that is often cut and used as a lantern for Halloween.
He carved a scary face into the pumpkin for Halloween.
Often appears as...
- pumpkin pie
- pumpkin seed
noun
The flesh of pumpkin that is commonly used in cooking and baking.
I am making a pumpkin soup for dinner.
Often appears as...
- pumpkin soup
- pumpkin pie
Usage tips
Culinary
noun
A term of endearment for somebody you care about.
Good night, pumpkin.
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Halloween Symbol
Pumpkin is iconic for Halloween and represents the holiday in decorations and themes.
Stores start displaying pumpkins to signify the start of the Halloween season.
Pro Tip 2/3Carving Tradition
Carving pumpkins is a popular activity where pumpkins are hollowed out and designs are cut into them.
Every October, families enjoy carving jack-o'-lanterns from pumpkins.
Pro Tip 3/3Connotates Festivity
Pumpkins are associated with autumn celebrations in addition to Halloween, such as harvest festivals.
Pumpkin patches are often visited during the fall as a family outing.
Pro Tip 1/3Halloween Symbol
Pumpkin is iconic for Halloween and represents the holiday in decorations and themes.
Stores start displaying pumpkins to signify the start of the Halloween season.
Pro Tip 2/3Carving Tradition
Carving pumpkins is a popular activity where pumpkins are hollowed out and designs are cut into them.
Every October, families enjoy carving jack-o'-lanterns from pumpkins.
Pro Tip 3/3Connotates Festivity
Pumpkins are associated with autumn celebrations in addition to Halloween, such as harvest festivals.
Pumpkin patches are often visited during the fall as a family outing.
Pro Tip 1/3Halloween Symbol
Pumpkin is iconic for Halloween and represents the holiday in decorations and themes.
Stores start displaying pumpkins to signify the start of the Halloween season.
Pro Tip 2/3Carving Tradition
Carving pumpkins is a popular activity where pumpkins are hollowed out and designs are cut into them.
Every October, families enjoy carving jack-o'-lanterns from pumpkins.
Pro Tip 3/3Connotates Festivity
Pumpkins are associated with autumn celebrations in addition to Halloween, such as harvest festivals.
Pumpkin patches are often visited during the fall as a family outing.
Never forget "Pumpkin"
Humans forget easily. That's why you should download WordUp: Smart reminders, word games, AI practice, and much more!
Video examples
Stephen Ritz: A teacher...
Nothing thrills me more than to see kids pollinating plants instead of each other. I gotta tell you, I'm a protective parent. But those kids are the kids who are now putting pumpkin patches on top of trains. We're also designing coin ponds for the rich and affluent. We're also becoming children of the corn,
Video examples
Jarrett J. Krosoczka:...
and I would staple them together, and I would fill those blank pages with words and pictures just because I loved using my imagination. And so these characters would become my friends. There was an egg, a tomato, a head of lettuce and a pumpkin, and they all lived in this refrigerator city,
Video examples
What's in Hand...
enough we'd also like our products to smell nice like these flowers or and these are all actual hand sanitizers that people buy marshmallow pumpkin latte fresh sparkling snow white peach Chardonnay and I less than three glitter and even though we want our sanitizer to smell delightful
Video examples
Andrew Goes Organic (Ep....
what a great for the kids like how here's how it works here's how nature works this is the importance of creating brand new soil the compost experts will probably if they see this will be like you're overfeeding your worms trust me I know so this pumpkin day what you're going to
Video examples
How to connect with...
yet in my experience, most folks don't want to talk to depressed people unless we pretend to be happy. A cheerful facade is appropriate for casual interactions. A depressed person can ask for extra syrup in their pumpkin spice latte without explaining that they need it
Video examples
Ken Jennings: Watson,...
But if you go further back, if you look at it, it's all there. I was the kind of kid who was always bugging Mom and Dad with whatever great fact I had just read about -- Haley's comet or giant squids or the size of the world's biggest pumpkin pie or whatever it was.
Video examples
On spaghetti sauce -...
for the longest time in the food industry there was a sense that there was one way a perfect way to make a dish you go to chapanese they give you the red tail sashimi with roasted pumpkin seeds in a something something reduction they don't give you
Video examples
Stories from a home for...
She painted a pumpkin to help decorate for Halloween. She spent many excited days planning her tenth birthday, which of course none of us thought she would ever see. All of us wore pink boas for the occasion,
Video examples
Caring For A Sickly Baby...
and it seems he's none the worse for wear well i don't really think that's where we need you darling okay let go all right don't think that's really what we were hoping for pumpkin
Video examples
How repaying loans with...
once described the challenges I faced in going to school. She said, "Those who harvest many pumpkins often do not have the clay pots to cook them in." What she meant was that,
Video examples
Stephen Ritz: A teacher...
Nothing thrills me more than to see kids pollinating plants instead of each other. I gotta tell you, I'm a protective parent. But those kids are the kids who are now putting pumpkin patches on top of trains. We're also designing coin ponds for the rich and affluent. We're also becoming children of the corn,
Video examples
Jarrett J. Krosoczka:...
and I would staple them together, and I would fill those blank pages with words and pictures just because I loved using my imagination. And so these characters would become my friends. There was an egg, a tomato, a head of lettuce and a pumpkin, and they all lived in this refrigerator city,
Video examples
What's in Hand...
enough we'd also like our products to smell nice like these flowers or and these are all actual hand sanitizers that people buy marshmallow pumpkin latte fresh sparkling snow white peach Chardonnay and I less than three glitter and even though we want our sanitizer to smell delightful
Video examples
Andrew Goes Organic (Ep....
what a great for the kids like how here's how it works here's how nature works this is the importance of creating brand new soil the compost experts will probably if they see this will be like you're overfeeding your worms trust me I know so this pumpkin day what you're going to
Video examples
How to connect with...
yet in my experience, most folks don't want to talk to depressed people unless we pretend to be happy. A cheerful facade is appropriate for casual interactions. A depressed person can ask for extra syrup in their pumpkin spice latte without explaining that they need it
Video examples
Ken Jennings: Watson,...
But if you go further back, if you look at it, it's all there. I was the kind of kid who was always bugging Mom and Dad with whatever great fact I had just read about -- Haley's comet or giant squids or the size of the world's biggest pumpkin pie or whatever it was.
Video examples
On spaghetti sauce -...
for the longest time in the food industry there was a sense that there was one way a perfect way to make a dish you go to chapanese they give you the red tail sashimi with roasted pumpkin seeds in a something something reduction they don't give you
Video examples
Stories from a home for...
She painted a pumpkin to help decorate for Halloween. She spent many excited days planning her tenth birthday, which of course none of us thought she would ever see. All of us wore pink boas for the occasion,
Video examples
Caring For A Sickly Baby...
and it seems he's none the worse for wear well i don't really think that's where we need you darling okay let go all right don't think that's really what we were hoping for pumpkin
Video examples
How repaying loans with...
once described the challenges I faced in going to school. She said, "Those who harvest many pumpkins often do not have the clay pots to cook them in." What she meant was that,
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Rachel Hollis
American Author
Let's be honest: you can't celebrate fall without it's leading role - pumpkin! You can incorporate this flavor of the season in so many ways, from candles to lattes, pies to decorations.
Quote examples
Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
Most pumpkin dishes involve scooping out the seeds, cutting off the skin, and chopping up the flesh before cooking.
Quote examples
Henry David Thoreau
American Author
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
Quote examples
Karen Bender
American Novelist
Make pumpkin bread as the default gift for everyone. It is cheap, it is beloved, it is carbs.
Quote examples
Devendra Banhart
Venezuelan Musician
If you're ever wondering what to wear, just dress like a pumpkin, you're good to go.
Quote examples
Nicola Formichetti
Japanese Designer
I'm half-Japanese, so I collect toys, like a Yayoi Kusama stuffed pumpkin.
Quote examples
Simone Schwarz-Bart
French Novelist
Only the knife knows what goes on in the heart of a pumpkin.
Quote examples
Simone Giertz
Swedish Inventor
I really dislike soup, especially pumpkin soup.
Quote examples
Mikey Day
David S. Pumpkins could be Halloween's Santa!
Quote examples
Chad Gilbert
American Musician
I love pumpkin pie.
Quote examples
Rachel Hollis
American Author
Let's be honest: you can't celebrate fall without it's leading role - pumpkin! You can incorporate this flavor of the season in so many ways, from candles to lattes, pies to decorations.
Quote examples
Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
Most pumpkin dishes involve scooping out the seeds, cutting off the skin, and chopping up the flesh before cooking.
Quote examples
Henry David Thoreau
American Author
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
Quote examples
Karen Bender
American Novelist
Make pumpkin bread as the default gift for everyone. It is cheap, it is beloved, it is carbs.
Quote examples
Devendra Banhart
Venezuelan Musician
If you're ever wondering what to wear, just dress like a pumpkin, you're good to go.
Quote examples
Nicola Formichetti
Japanese Designer
I'm half-Japanese, so I collect toys, like a Yayoi Kusama stuffed pumpkin.
Quote examples
Simone Schwarz-Bart
French Novelist
Only the knife knows what goes on in the heart of a pumpkin.
Quote examples
Simone Giertz
Swedish Inventor
I really dislike soup, especially pumpkin soup.
Quote examples
Mikey Day
David S. Pumpkins could be Halloween's Santa!
Quote examples
Chad Gilbert
American Musician
I love pumpkin pie.
Example 1 of 10
WordUp Chrome Extension
As you browse the web instantly look up words you don’t know.
Get Chrome Extension