About The Word Husk
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Husk
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What's The Definition Of Husk?
[n] outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
[n] material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds [v] remove the husks from, as of ears of corn Synonyms | Synonyms for Husk: chaff | shell | shuck | stalk | straw | stubble Related Terms | Find terms related to Husk: afterglow | afterimage | balance | bark | boll | bones | bran | burr | butt | butt end | candle ends | capsule | case | chaff | cod | corn shuck | cornhusk | culm | deadwood | debris | detritus | dishwater | draff | dregs | dust | end | fag end | filings | follicle | fossil | garbage | gash | hogwash | holdover | hull | husks | jacket | leavings | lees | leftovers | legume | legumen | odds and ends | offal | offscourings | orts | palea | parings | pease cod | peel | pericarp | pod | potsherds | rags | raspings | refuse | relics | remainder | remains | remnant | residue | residuum | rest | rind | roach | rubbish | ruins | rump | sawdust | scourings | scrap iron | scraps | scum | seed pod | seed vessel | seedbox | seedcase | shadow | shards | shavings | shell | shuck | silique | skin | slack | slag | slop | slops | slough | straw | stubble | stump | survival | sweepings | swill | tares | trace | vestige | wastage | waste | waste matter | wastepaper | weeds See Also | bract | bran | case | cod | cornhusk | hull | plant material | pod | remove | seedcase | sheath | take | take away | withdraw Husk In Webster's Dictionary \Husk\, n. [Prob. for hulsk, and from the same root as hull
a husk. See {Hull} a husk.]
1. The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or
seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially
applied to the covering of the ears of maize.
2. The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
{Husks of the prodigal son} (Bot.), the pods of the carob
tree. See {Carob}.
\Husk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Husked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Husking}.] To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn. |
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