husk
The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be…The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.
» It's a hassle to take the husks off of chestnuts.
Kastanienschälen ist eine Schererei.
Meaning
5 sensesThe dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.
A coconut has a very thick husk.
Hülse, Schote, Hülle
кожура́kožurá, шелуха́ f dryšeluxá, скорлупа́ f hardskorlupá
луска́luská
(figuratively)Any form of useless, dried up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something.
His attorney was a dried-up husk of a man.
Hülle
оболо́чкаobolóčka
The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
(collective, rare)A group of hares.
(uncountable)An infection in cattle caused by a species of Dictyocaulus or lungworm
- outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
Examples
11 sentencesIt's a hassle to take the husks off of chestnuts.
deKastanienschälen ist eine Schererei.
I am going to husk rice.
deIch werde Reis entspelzen.
He's just a husk of his former self.
Everywhere lay bottles, seed husks, and other litter.
ruПовсюду валялись бутылки, шелуха от семечек и прочий мусор.
deÜberall lagen Flaschen, Kernschalen und anderer Abfall.
Do you know how to use a husking pedal?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English huske, husk (“husk”). Perhaps from Old English *husuc, *hosuc (“littleFrom Middle English huske, husk (“husk”). Perhaps from Old English *husuc, *hosuc (“little covering, sheath”), diminutive of hosu (“pod, shell, husk”), from Proto-West Germanic *hosā, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“covering, shell, leggings”), from Proto-Indo-European *kawəs- / kawes- (“cover”). If so, equivalent to hose + -ock.
Partly imitative, partly from Etymology 1, above, influenced by husky.
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