husk
/hʌsk/ noun C1- The 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.
- Any form of useless, dried up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something. · His attorney was a dried-up husk of a man.
- The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
Plural husks
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