husk
noun/hʌsk/
/hʌsk/
- the dry outer layer that covers nuts, fruits and seeds, especially grain
- Brown rice has not had the husks removed.
- (figurative) There was only the husk left of his former self.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHusk is used after these nouns:- coconut
- corn
Word Originlate Middle English: probably from Low German hūske ‘sheath’, literally ‘little house’.Definitions on the go
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