English

Etymology

Pronunciation

• /kjuːˈkɜːbɪt/

Noun

1. A receptacle, originally gourd-shaped and used for liquids or chemicals; a bottle or other container.
   • 1885, When Sulayman saw me, he took refuge with Allah and bade me embrace the True Faith and obey his behests; but I refused, so sending for this cucurbit he shut me up therein, and stopped it over with lead — Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, vol. 1

• A plant of the family Cucurbitaceae
• The lower part of an alembic