husk

1. 1.

   remove the husks from

   “husk corn”

   Synonymsshell

   Broaderremove

Other forms of husk

plural

husks·

past tense

husked·

present participle

husking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about husk

What does husk mean?

husk means "material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in husk?

husk has 1 syllable: husk. In IPA it is /ˈhʌsk/.

What is another word for husk?

Close synonyms include chaff, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is husk a common word?

husk is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with husk?

1 word rhymes with husk. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.