the external green or membranous covering of certain fruits and seeds any worthless outer covering
- (transitive)
to remove the husk from
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
husk /hʌsk/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
v. [~ + object]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Botanythe dry outer covering of certain fruits or seeds, esp. of an ear of corn.
v. [~ + object]
- to remove the husk from:husking corn.
husk
(husk),USA pronunciation n.
v.t.
husk′er, n.
husk′like′, adj.
- Botanythe dry external covering of certain fruits or seeds, esp. of an ear of corn.
- the enveloping or outer part of anything, esp. when dry or worthless.
v.t.
- to remove the husk from.
- Middle English huske, equivalent. to hus- (akin to Old English hosu pod, husk) + -ke, weak variant of -ock 1350–1400
husk′like′, adj.
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'husk' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
African millet
- Siberian Husky
- angiocarpous
- awn
- bagasse
- black walnut
- bran
- calyx
- chaff
- cocomat
- coconut
- coconut matting
- coconut palm
- cod
- coir
- cornhusk
- cornhusker
- cornhusking
- cortex
- corticate
- cowage
- decorticate
- ear
- glume
- ground cherry
- gusset
- hull
- husk tomato
- husking
- husking bee
- husky
- kernel
- lemma
- lobe
- lollo rosso
- lopolith
- mace
- paddy
- plasmalemma
- polished
- roasting ear
- scalp
- shale
- shell
- shelled
- shive
- shuck
- silicle
- skin
- slough