husk
husk — noun
- husksingular
- husksplural
1. The tough, dry skin that covers grains, seeds, and certain nuts or fruits, which
The tough, dry skin that covers grains, seeds, and certain nuts or fruits, which people remove before eating or using the inner part.
Sahil peeled the dry husk off the corn before dropping it in the pot.
collocation: corn husk / ear of corn
The machine at the mill separates each rice grain from its brittle husk.
the husk of [grain]: rice husk
Farmers in the village use dry corn husks as soft bedding for their goats.
Quan picked up fallen walnuts and peeled the green husk from each hard shell.
"Please put your sunflower seed husks in the bowl, not on the floor," said Hui.
- kernel
The soft, edible inner part of a seed or grain, which the husk protects
文法句型
the husk of [grain/seed/nut]
[grain/seed] husk
用法筆記
Husks are typically too dry and tough to eat. Common items that have husks include corn (maize), rice, barley, peanuts, and sunflower seeds. The word is often used in the plural because husks are usually removed from many grains or seeds at once.
常見錯誤
husk — verb
- huskpresent simple I / you / we / they
- husks3rd person singular
- husking-ing form
- huskedpast simple
1. To take off the dry outer skin or covering from a grain, seed, or nut, especiall
To take off the dry outer skin or covering from a grain, seed, or nut, especially in order to prepare it for cooking or eating.
The children sat on the back porch husking corn for the evening meal.
husk + corn: common collocation for preparing fresh corn
Before cooking, you need to husk the peanuts and then remove the thin red skin.
Indra showed her cousin how to husk a coconut using the back of a knife.
The workers husked the rice by beating the dried stalks against a large wooden frame.
Felipe spent the whole morning husking almonds for the bakery's new cake recipe.
文法句型
husk + [grain/nut/crop]
用法筆記
The object is always the crop that is being prepared (husk corn, husk peanuts, husk rice), not the outer covering itself. You do not 'husk a husk' — you remove the husk from the grain or nut.