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Meanings of husk (husks) in anglès
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espellofar Synonyms
Examples for "straw"
Examples for "straw"
1
High in silica content, paddy straw cannot be used to feed animals.
2
The next criticism is a related one: the great 'straw man' offensive.
3
The Urchin was greatly interested in the baboon rummaging in his straw.
4
I have approximately FOUR months to transform myself into said drinking-straw shape.
5
The 'award' was decided by a straw poll taken by The Economist.
1
I stalk the area outside Wuher's cantina and hear a fight within.
2
It's fresh, picked right off the stalk a couple of days ago.
3
Add the lemongrass stalk and continue to cook gently for two minutes.
4
The Buda Kale somewhat resembles the Purple; but the stalk is shorter.
5
Hanna almost choked on a broccoli stalk, certain she'd heard Ruby wrong.
1
The scratch of stubble told me that, yes, time was still moving.
2
The storekeeper had two days' worth of stubble on his pointy chin.
3
The wheat stubble swept on up to a knoll in the distance.
4
She touched his jaw and felt the rough stubble of new growth.
5
And Paul was not the most daring cock quail in the stubble.
1
He wanted to focus on real cases, not chaff from the website.
2
It is the only momentous fact; all others are chaff and rags.
3
The power of the biggest boss is like chaff in your hands.
4
His thoughts whirled around in his mind like chaff in a winnowing-machine.
5
The difficulty, of course, is in sorting the wheat from the chaff.
1
Then I had her shuck a lobster and she lit right up.
2
He could not shuck his code, or sneak out of his era.
3
The rustling sound of the corn-shuck mattress continued most of the night.
4
Jimmy Hinton pushed Nate to one side with a hard shoulder shuck.
5
Something in his voice made her sit up and shuck the sarcasm.
Motif resembling string of buds, wheat husks, or bell flowers.
Usage of husks in anglès
1
Such empty husks was I then fed on; and was not fed.
2
Subsequently the husks are beaten and the fibre is separated and dried.
3
Old husks still strewed the floor and the place smelt of apples.
4
Remove the husks and the silk, and steam-onthe cob-for fifteen minutes.
5
The husks of this were as thick as those on the first.
6
They were well washed and no husks floated in the clean water.
7
The coconut husks provide an ideal growing medium for strawberries he says.
8
Remove from the heat, immediately remove the corn and discard the husks.
9
They smoked cigaritas, rolling them between their fingers in husks of maize.
10
You have a mind and I ordered you to feed it husks.
11
The day of making the tamales, start by soaking the corn husks.
12
They also twisted and wove husks to make seats for their chairs.
13
Two more husks hang at the back, curled in each other's arms.
14
Choose the widest and longest husks and rinse off any corn silk.
15
They are not always dry husks out of which reason has evaporated.
16
Where is he who tears off the husks for you and me?
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Husks through the time
Husks across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common