A free service provided by Writers Nexus International

Writing Resources:
  • New Novelist Software
  • Writer Circles
  • Author Me
  • FirstWriter.com
  • Novel Advice
  • Robin's Nest for Writers
  • The Scriptorium
  • Women on Writing


A Writer's Dictionary:

husk Definition


Dictionary Home » Words Starting with H » Huntington's disease ... hybridise » husk


husk
noun
    1. The thin dry covering of certain fruits and seeds.
      Thesaurus: case, covering, bark, rind, shell, pod, bran, chaff, hull, shuck (US).
    2. A case, shell or covering, especially one that is worthless.
verb
    husked, husking
    1. To remove the husk of (a fruit, etc).
Etymology: 14c.



Click Here