butternut squash
noun
: a smooth somewhat bottle-shaped buff-colored winter squash (Cucurbita moschata) with usually orange flesh
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My personal highlights are chilly prawns served with marinated red cabbage, butternut squash purée, and pickled baby beetroot and the chef’s version of surf n’ turf—a zucchini roll filled with lobster salad, filet mignon, roasted cauliflower cream, and Bordelaise sauce.
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Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Place the chicken, butternut squash, zucchini, and red onion in a gallon-sized storage bag or sealable container.
—Ashia Aubourg, Outside Online, 24 May 2025
This is the place to load up on fiber, with a weekend menu that includes an omelette filled with butternut squash and leeks, then topped with a kale and sesame salad, or a thick sourdough toast piled high with cannellini beans, roasted radicchio and hazelnuts, with dill sprinkled on top.
—Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 1 May 2025
The baby broccoli and butternut squash lasagna has our vegetarian friends covered.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
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Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Place the chicken, butternut squash, zucchini, and red onion in a gallon-sized storage bag or sealable container.
—Ashia Aubourg, Outside Online, 24 May 2025
This is the place to load up on fiber, with a weekend menu that includes an omelette filled with butternut squash and leeks, then topped with a kale and sesame salad, or a thick sourdough toast piled high with cannellini beans, roasted radicchio and hazelnuts, with dill sprinkled on top.
—Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 1 May 2025
The baby broccoli and butternut squash lasagna has our vegetarian friends covered.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for butternut squash
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“Butternut squash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/butternut%20squash. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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