About The Word Husk

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Husk

Husk Meaning & Definition
Husk Definition And Meaning

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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