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Meanings of husk in English

Portuguese
palha
Catalan
boll
Spanish
gluma

Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.

palha
Catalan
espellofar

Remove the husks from.

espellofar
Catalan
boll
Spanish
salvado

Outer shell or coating of a seed.

boll

Motif resembling string of buds, wheat husks, or bell flowers.

Usage of husk in English
1
I wonder if that works? Not surprisingly, coconut husk is great tinder.
Survive!: essential skills and tactics to get you out of anywher...
2
It was a spark of poetry: strange flower in such a husk.
Adventures in Contentment
3
But it may be that the husk is taken from the kernel.
Across China on Foot
4
He must not let the husk dull his eye to the kernel.
The Glory of the Conquered: The Story of a Great Love
5
The heavy husk fell on my back, a pointed, superheated, squishy weight.
Monster Hunter International
6
This is nothing but cocoa husk, washed and then boiled in milk.
Cocoa and Chocolate: Their History from Plantation to Consumer
7
He was rapidly sloughing the dry husk that limited Greene tribe thinking.
Non-Stop
8
She could look up at the jabbering husk with nothing but pity.
The Scar
9
Brushes, nets and other domestic articles are also manufactured from the husk.
Among the Trees at Elmridge
10
So I look, first, at the husk of apparent harshness and severity.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke
11
A burned empty husk of a Greathall emerged from the mists ahead.
Assail
12
Maybe the Valg princes had devoured her, turning her into a husk.
Heir of Fire
13
On a large husk put several tablespoonfuls of chopped meat with olives.
Bohemian San Francisco / Its restaurants and their most famous r...
14
Peel husk of the garlic and push each clove into the slots.
Radio NZ
15
All of it drained away in moments, leaving him an empty husk.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
16
They hollowed me out until I was only a senseless parchment husk.
Cruel Beauty
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Translations for husk
Portuguese
palha
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Husk across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common