American English pronunciation

How to pronounce pumpkins

IPA transcription: ['pʌmpkənz]

Pronunciation variants: ['pʌmpkənz]['pʌmkənz]

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Noun

  • 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

  • usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn

Usage examples

  • Everyone wants to buy pumpkins for Halloween.
  • Local produce includes potatoes, strawberries, cereals, dairy products and pumpkins.
  • Everyone wants to buy pumpkins for Halloween.
  • A woman is dragging two large pumpkins in a red wagon.
  • Everyone wants to buy pumpkins for Halloween.
  • Fish species present in the lake include rainbow trout, pumpkinseed sunfish, and brook trout.
  • Wretzky also co-wrote one Smashing Pumpkins song, "Daughter".
  • Everyone wants to buy pumpkins for Halloween.
  • Everyone wants to buy pumpkins for Halloween.
  • Everyone wants to buy pumpkins for Halloween.