Definitions for husks

husks husk

Spelling: [huhsk]
IPA: /hʌsk/

Husks is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 25 anagrams from letters in husks (hkssu).

Definitions for husks

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 husks

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

Examples for husks

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Word Value for husks
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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