husk
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/hΚsk/
English
Definitions
noun
- The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat insideβA coconut has a very thick husk.β
- Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of somethingβHis attorney was a dried-up husk of a man.β
- The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
verb
- To remove husks from.
noun
- An infection in cattle caused by a species of Dictyocaulus or lungworm
verb
- To cough, clear one's throat.
- To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.