Noun
a high stone wall is the husk that protects the actor from prying curiosity seekers Verb
the tedious task of husking coconuts
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Noun
O’Connor’s Patrick is all empty swagger, a smirking husk of a man with a gaping, ugly maw of want at his center.—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2024 This is Ruth Gelman, a husk of her former self after a vicious intruder with icy blue eyes brutally attacked her at home in New York.—Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024 The ingredient is made from shredded coconut husks and is considered a more sustainable choice by some.—Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2024 Seek out whole, unflavored psyllium husks (rather than psyllium powder).—Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 15 Mar. 2024 Beyond, the smoking husk of Chile’s national botanical garden.—Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024 Staff are highly trained on material disposal and recycling, along with food composting, and the eco-friendly mind-set makes its way into the dishes too: A spring dessert transformed what would have been discarded corn husks into an ash to top a corn cream made from a stock that used the cobs.—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024 Sometimes eggs are great for binding (like flaxseed, psyllium husk or starches), whereas other times they’re needed to leaven the dough (like aquafaba or baking soda).—Charlotte Druckman, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024 These pillows, as their names suggest, are filled with husks of millet and buckwheat, which offer ergonomic support to hypoallergenic properties.—Sixteen Ramos, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2024
Verb
Ingredients 4 ears fresh yellow corn, husked, silks removed
2 tsp.—Julia Levy, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2023 The Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort, for example, lets guests husk coconuts, take ukulele and hula lessons, and rent GoPro cameras as part of its $50 daily resort fee.—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 8 Apr. 2023 For less fuss, feel free to fully husk the corn and wrap it in foil.—Sunset Magazine, 1 July 2022 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 As Alex, Sturridge does a good job of husking himself as the story goes sour.—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2019 To freeze ground cherries, simply spread the husked, washed fruits on a rimmed cookie sheet and place them in the freezer.—The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 31 July 2018
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