husk
IPA: hˈʌsk
noun
- The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.
- Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something.
- The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
- An infection in cattle caused by a species of Dictyocaulus or lungworm
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To remove husks from.
- (intransitive) To cough, clear one's throat.
- (transitive) To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.
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Examples of "husk" in Sentences
- A coconut husk is hard to break.
- Eventually, only a desiccated husk remains.
- Archangel and Husk also appeared in the series.
- The nut goes through and the husk remains behind.
- The ear is covered by tightly wrapped leaves called the husk.
- These separated the hull or husk from the kernel of the grain.
- Rice is fried in the husk and then pounded with a giant pestle.
- The concentrated extract of the husk is also used as a vermifuge.
- The combine separates the husk and the cob, keeping only the kernels.
- The husks dissolve and disappear completely when the aliens are killed.
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