husk


Definition: Meaning of, husk in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / hʌsk /

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husk husks
  1. [uncountable and countable] the dry outer part of corn, some grains, seeds, nuts etc
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  2. [countable] the useless outer part of something that remains after the important or useful part is gone or has been used
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
husk husked husked
Present Participle Third Person Singular
husking husks
[transitive]
  1. to remove the husks from grains, seeds etc
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husk used in phrases

  • Mexican husk tomato (noun)
    1. small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
    2. annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
  • husk tomato (noun)
    1. any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk; some cultivated for their flowers
    2. small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
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