husk
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3.2
- noun
- /hʌsk/
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- This popular dish is made of corn dough wrapped around veggies or meat, all enclosed in corn husks and steamed.
- rice husks
- corn husks
- coconut husk
Something like dried corn husks or dried corn cobs?
- Something like dried corn husks or dried corn cobs?
- So essentially we're eating seeds and the outer husk on the seed is protective.
- Some people looking at rice husks, which are silica rich as well.
- It is an ultra fine shredded coconut husk.
- When I use that psyllium husk, I keep that shit in.
- The the, the jacket, the corn jacket, the husk, the Hus.
- On the windowsill the path is made of husks, fire, bread, milk.
Examples
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Some people looking at rice husks, which are silica rich as well.
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Thiamine is a water-soluble vitamin that is found in the husk and germ of wheat and rice.
Academic text (1992) -
Their shields are round, made of husk hide with the hair still on.
Fiction book (1990) -
We're putting the corn husk to cook it over because we're not actually in the medieval times.
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The sisters began breaking open the husk bundles, and steam rose from them in the cool air.
Fiction book (1997) -
So essentially we're eating seeds and the outer husk on the seed is protective.
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Grain, you have to get rid of the bran or the husks, and then you have just the, the seeds that you want.
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Four or five pigs were grunting and squealing behind him; there were corn husks everywhere.
Fiction book (1997) -
To make the dish, first remove the corn husk and silk from the ears of corn.
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Farmers often use rice husk as a natural fertilizer after harvesting.
Synonyms
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7.4
The dry outer covering of seeds that you remove before eating corn
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8.6
The dry outer parts of grain removed when the seeds are cleaned
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4.9
Outer leaves that cover an ear of corn
The dry outer covering of a seed or fruit that you remove before eating
Compounds
A plant that produces small edible fruits like tiny tomatoes inside a dry papery husk
How Protective
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word husk comes from an old word like house, meaning 'home' or 'cover', so you can think of a husk as the little 'house' that protects a seed or grain. That's why a husk is the dry outer shell people remove before eating or processing.