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
The adventurers’ tent had been sliced open from the inside, and in its husk lay rucksacks, neatly arranged boots, and a plate of sliced pork fat.
Nine Russian adventurers mysteriously froze to death—a new theory explains why | WIRED | January 30, 2021 | Ars TechnicaLard-rich tamales are a pandemic-ready project, well worth the time it takes to swaddle dough into corn husk wrappers.
Take a culinary journey with these new travel-inspired cookbooks | Jen Rose Smith | January 22, 2021 | Washington PostThen from there, they get trucked to the huller, which removes the green husk off of the nuts that still have it on—30 or 40% of them—and cleans them and washes them.
The machines that get walnuts from trees to your mouth | Katie McLean | December 18, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThere’s a husk that peels off, revealing a nut shell underneath.
13 edible plants you can still find in the winter | By Tim MacWelch/Outdoor Life | December 1, 2020 | Popular-ScienceRemove the garlic cloves from the pot, squeeze them out of their husks and spread the garlic puree on toasted baguette.
There’s a science to food pairing, and you can learn it here | Peter Coucquyt, Bernard Lahousse, and Johan Langenbick | October 22, 2020 | Popular-Science
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 BarnumThe 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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