as in sheath
something that encloses another thing especially to protect it
corn husks a high stone wall is the husk that protects the actor from prying curiosity seekers
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Recent Examples of husk
Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
The secrets to a great tamale My family wraps the final weeks of the year in the warm embrace of corn husks, masa and spiced pork.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Stacy Adimando, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2017
Some sold for several hundred dollars, husks good only for spare parts.
—Aaron Calvin, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2019
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Noun
Wrapped in husks, stuffed in ziplock bags and thrown into grocery bags, the culinary Russian nesting dolls represent more than just a holiday tradition for me, but a punctuation mark to end the year and an ellipsis to enter the new one.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
The secrets to a great tamale My family wraps the final weeks of the year in the warm embrace of corn husks, masa and spiced pork.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
While the fields are no longer burned today, the taste for the dark, smoky flour remains and producers in Puglia and around Italy now make industrialized grano arso flour and dried pastas from husked, deeply toasted grains.
—Stacy Adimando, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2017
Some sold for several hundred dollars, husks good only for spare parts.
—Aaron Calvin, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for husk
Noun
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The black, silky sheath can easily stand on its own with minimal accessorizing or can be dressed up with some sparkly jewelry.—
Rachel Sylvester,
Glamour,
6 Jan. 2025
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One was made by sliding a ring cut from a plastic bottle around an RPG warhead, filling this makeshift collar with quarter-inch stainless-steel ball bearings and sealing them against the warhead’s sheath with an electric heat gun.—
C.J. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The easy-to-apply wallpaper is safe to use, nice quality, and doesn’t peel or tear when applying, per reviewers.—
Kelsey Fredricks,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Jan. 2025
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For many of us stateside Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a moment to breathe and at times peel back a layer and rest.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Authorities recovered a gun, a magazine containing 40 caliber rounds, a bucket of 40 caliber ammunition, and two 40 caliber shell casings.—
Cale Ahearn,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Jan. 2025
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The bullet casings used as evidence in the case were provided to police by Ephron.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
21 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Jover sharply stepped out from the bench and in front of Mikel Arteta to bark orders.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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Not for Your Health Barilla (1993) A cheeky, goofy-as-hell pasta ad in which Gérard Depardieu cooks pasta for a girl who fell off her scooter, causing an elderly couple to eerily applaud and a Toto-looking dog to bark its approval.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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With shells exploding across Khartoum, the capital, Ahmed and fellow students first mobilized to evacuate their university.—
Karl Vick,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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So, what happens then to the shells of carbon-rich dust?—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The yacht began picking up speed, its hull smashing against the water.—
David Wolman,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Jan. 2025
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The Onyx Cinder sheds its hull like a snake does its skin and reveals the true, admittedly shinier ship that had been hiding in plain sight.—
Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
2 Jan. 2025
Noun
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On Friday, Paris’ Hotel de Guise was drenched in the house’s signature fabrics, wall coverings and its very first in-house furniture collection, which debuted during the five-day Paris Deco Off interior design event that closes Sunday.—
Sofia Celeste,
WWD,
17 Jan. 2025
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Insulating Window Treatments: Cellular or multi-layer window coverings can also be another helpful insulating solution.—
Rabekah Henderson,
Southern Living,
11 Jan. 2025
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“Husk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/husk. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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