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husk

[ huhsk ]

noun

  1. the dry external covering of certain fruits or seeds, especially of an ear of corn.
  2. the enveloping or outer part of anything, especially when dry or worthless.


verb (used with object)

  1. to remove the husk from.

husk

1

/ hʌsk /

noun

  1. the external green or membranous covering of certain fruits and seeds
  2. any worthless outer covering


verb

  1. tr to remove the husk from

husk

2

noun

  1. bronchitis in cattle, sheep, and goats, usually caused by lungworm infestation

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Derived Forms

  • ˈhusker, noun
  • ˈhuskˌlike, adjective

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Other Words From

  • husker noun
  • husklike adjective
  • un·husked adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of husk1

1350–1400; Middle English huske, equivalent to hus- (akin to Old English hosu pod, husk) + -ke, weak variant of -ock

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Word History and Origins

Origin of husk1

C14: probably based on Middle Dutch huusken little house, from hūs house; related to Old English hosu husk, hūs house

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Example Sentences

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.

Lard-rich tamales are a pandemic-ready project, well worth the time it takes to swaddle dough into corn husk wrappers.

Then 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.

There’s a husk that peels off, revealing a nut shell underneath.

Remove the garlic cloves from the pot, squeeze them out of their husks and spread the garlic puree on toasted baguette.

Still, the exposed skin on my face and hands felt drawn and hot, stinging, a fire of whiteness, a burning Caucasian husk.

The crab begins by tearing the husk, fiber by fiber, and always from that end under which the three eye-holes are situated.

Dumas states that the husk of oats sometimes yields as much as five or six per cent.

The 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.

He broke off the branch, and with the sharp point he soon had torn a hole in the outer husk of the cocoanut.

The dried husk of the maiz is taken and cut into pieces of the required size.

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