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Husks
/hʌsks/
The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside
📖 Definitions of "Husks"
noun
- 1
The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside
"A coconut has a very thick husk."
- 2
Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something
"His attorney was a dried-up husk of a man."
- 3
The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
verb
- 1
To remove husks from.
verb
- 1
To cough, clear one's throat.
- 2
To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.
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