Meaning & use
hashish
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Meaning
noununcountable
A drug made from the pressed resin of the cannabis plant, usually smoked or mixed into food.
Grammar: Not used with an or an: customs officers seized hashish.
Patterns
- smoke hashish
- possession of hashish
Border police found a kilo of hashish hidden inside the spare tire.
In the novel, the characters sit in a cafe smoking hashish and arguing about politics.
Possession of hashish carries a heavy fine in some countries.
Common combinations
- smoke hashish
- He admitted that he had smoked hashish a few times as a student.
- smuggle hashish
- Two men were arrested for trying to smuggle hashish across the strait.
- possession of hashish
- He was charged with possession of hashish.
- a block of hashish
- Police recovered a block of hashish from the car.
- hashish oil
- Laboratories analyzed the hashish oil found at the scene.
Synonyms and how they differ
- hash
- This is the everyday short form and sounds more casual than hashish, which is the fuller and more formal term.
- cannabis resin
- This is the neutral, scientific or legal wording and is more likely in official reports.
- marijuana
- Marijuana refers to the dried leaves and flowers of the plant, not the pressed resin that hashish is made from.
Word family
Commonly confused: hashish or hash?
hashish vs hash
Hash can also mean a dish of chopped meat and potatoes or the # symbol, so the drug meaning depends on context.
Practice
Customs officers found a block of _____ hidden in the suitcase, a drug made from cannabis resin.
Choose one answer.
Hashish is the resin-based drug. A hashtag is a label on social media, haggis is a food, and harissa is a chili paste.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “hashish”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.