husk
the dry external covering of certain fruits or seeds, especially of an ear of corn.
the enveloping or outer part of anything, especially when dry or worthless.
to remove the husk from.
Origin of husk
1Other words from husk
- husker, noun
- husklike, adjective
- un·husked, adjective
Words Nearby husk
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How to use husk in a sentence
Still, the exposed skin on my face and hands felt drawn and hot, stinging, a fire of whiteness, a burning Caucasian husk.
The Cost: What Stop and Frisk Does to a Young Man’s Soul | Rilla Askew | May 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe crab begins by tearing the husk, fiber by fiber, and always from that end under which the three eye-holes are situated.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | VariousDumas states that the husk of oats sometimes yields as much as five or six per cent.
Domestic Animals | Richard L. AllenThe house, the bit of the world it gave upon, seemed a part of her life, the containing husk of all the fruitage born to her.
Country Neighbors | Alice BrownHe broke off the branch, and with the sharp point he soon had torn a hole in the outer husk of the cocoanut.
Mappo, the Merry Monkey | Richard Barnum
The dried husk of the maiz is taken and cut into pieces of the required size.
Mexico | Charles Reginald Enock
British Dictionary definitions for husk (1 of 2)
/ (hʌsk) /
the external green or membranous covering of certain fruits and seeds
any worthless outer covering
(tr) to remove the husk from
Origin of husk
1Derived forms of husk
- husker, noun
- husklike, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for husk (2 of 2)
bronchitis in cattle, sheep, and goats, usually caused by lungworm infestation
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