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busks

/bʌsks/

busks is the plural of busk.

busks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of busk.

Meaning of busk

Noun (1)

busk (plural busks)

  1. A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
    • Her long slit sleeves, stiffe buske, puffe verdingall, / Is all that makes her thus angelicall.1598, John Marston, The Scourge of Villanie
  2. (broadly) A corset.
    • Off with that happy busk, which I envie, / That still can be, and still can stand so nigh.1661, John Donne, To his Mistress going to Bed

Noun (2)

busk

  1. (obsolete) A kind of linen.
    • Busk, a kind of table linen, occurs first in 1458, and occasionally afterwards.1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 557

See all 11 meanings of busk

Proper noun capitalized: Busks

Busks

  1. (plural) plural of Busk

Phrases with busks

Words that rhyme with busks

Questions about busks

What is busks the plural of?
Busks is the plural of busk.
What part of speech is busks?
Busks is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce busks?
Busks is pronounced /bʌsks/.

Words near busks in the dictionary

  1. buskle
  2. buskled
  3. buskles
  4. buskling
  5. Busko
  6. busks
  7. busks it
  8. busky
  9. Busler
  10. Buslers
  11. busless

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