shuck

Examples

• All

• The court ruled that the plaintiff could recover only the market value of the shucks.

  Academic text (2018)

• And they appeared to be rising up from fields of dried corn shucks.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Flossie had taken an ear of corn and pulled the shuck off it, being careful to leave the silk tassel in place.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The farmer gathered the corn shucks to use as mulch in his garden.

• After the threshing process, the shucks were collected and stored for composting.

• During the harvest, the field was covered in dried shucks left behind by the corn stalks.

Synonyms

H

husk

vsshuck

27 3.2

The dry outer covering of a seed or grain that you remove before you eat it

is the same concept but also includes small plant pieces separated during processing

S

stalk

vsshuck

• Specialized

5 8.9

The dry leftover stems and leaves after a crop is harvested

is about outer coverings and loose bits rather than whole supporting stems

S

stubble

vsshuck

• Specialized

5 5.0

Short dry stalks and husks left after the harvest

includes these leftover fragments but also the main dry outer coverings

C

chaff

vsshuck

3 8.6

The dry outer parts of grain removed when the seeds are cleaned

focuses more broadly on outer coverings and fragments not only threshing leftovers

D

dried husk

vsshuck

4.0

The dry outer covering of a seed or fruit that you remove before eating

covers both dry shells and other small plant pieces separated after processing

Idioms

S

to shuck and jive

• Slur

1 9.9

To speak in a dishonest or unclear way to avoid answering

Surface Forms

Etymology