Definitions for Husk

Husk husk

Spelling: [huhsk]
IPA: /hʌsk/

Husk is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 20 anagrams from letters in Husk (hksu).

Definitions for Husk

noun

  1. the dry external covering of certain fruits or seeds, especially of an ear of corn.
  2. the enveloping or outer part of anything, especially when dry or worthless.

verb (used with object)

  1. to remove the husk from.

Origin of Husk

1350-1400; Middle English huske, equivalent to hus- (akin to Old English hosu pod, husk) + -ke, weak variant of -ock

Examples for Husk

But in the 'hip' of the rose, the incorporation with the husk of the seed does not take place.

In it, the husk and the seed envelope have become inextricably one.

Every seed has a husk, holding either that seed alone, or other seeds with it.

With renewed strength it flings away the husk and prowls on to seek other prey.

Take them out of the husk; warm them with a little good gravy, a bit of butter and flour, a taste of nutmeg, pepper and salt.

There was a lump in his throat, and his good-bye had a husk in it.

Still, the exposed skin on my face and hands felt drawn and hot, stinging, a fire of whiteness, a burning Caucasian husk.

She did not sleep that night, nor I, for the husk of the world had been torn away.

This product consists essentially of two parts: the Seed and its husk.

It is enclosed in a husk in the very heart of the tree, at its summit.

Word Value for Husk
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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