Meaning & use
Husks
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The dry, outer coverings of certain seeds, fruits, or grains, removed before eating or processing.
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Farmers separated the corn husks before storing the kernels.
The old barn floor was covered in a thin layer of rice husks.
A note on using this word
In figurative use, 'husks' can describe empty, worthless remains of something once meaningful, as in 'the husks of a once-great empire.'
Words with a similar meaning
shellshullspods
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Words with an opposite meaning
kernels
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