cornhusk
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4.9
- noun
- /ˈkɔrnˌhʌsk/
:
cáscara de maíz
- Around her lay things she had bought on her various trips: inlaid wood chests, cornhusk dolls, and animals carved from ivory.
- cornhusks for tamales
- cornhusk mattress
- remove cornhusks
Examples
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The second part of the packet comprised a cornstalk cigarette filled with tobacco ("to be smoked by the president") and a small cornhusk package that enclosed honey-soaked cornmeal.
Academic text (2004) -
Men balanced themselves on the stacks of cornhusks while women, identical in appearance to Bosilka, drove the teams.
Academic text (1992) -
Then crawl into a cornhusk bed too tired to sleep or even cry?
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About three months later, her husband in the field, she lay down naked on a cornhusk mattress and gave Rachael Ann her milk.
Fiction book (2001) -
Brodsky had told his wife about his dream of the native market and the cornhusk wrapping that had replaced plastic.
Fiction book (1992) -
To assemble tamales, spread 1/3 cup masa on the smooth side of a cornhusk.
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After soaking the cornhusk in water, it becomes flexible and ready for use.
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You can use cornhusk to wrap food items, giving them a unique flavor.
Synonyms
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3.2
The dry outer covering of a seed or grain that you remove before you eat it
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word cornhusk is made of corn and husk, and husk means the 'outer leaf' or 'covering' of a grain. So a cornhusk is the leafy covering around an ear of corn that people use to wrap food or make dolls.