Plural of husk
regular plural
The plural of husk is husks.
Forms of husk
| Singular | husk /hʌsk/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | husks /hʌsks/ |
| Countable | countable |
Husks in a sentence
- The city has reclaimed its riverfront, transforming it from shuttered industrial husks into commercial-and-residential mixed-use real estate with substantial market value.From the entry riverfront
- It is one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat and its husks enclose the grains tightly.2014, Anne Bergeret et al., “2: Valorization of Agricultural By-Products in Poly(Lactic Acid) to Develop Biocomposites”, in Vijay Kumar…. From the entry einkorn wheat
- Yet the straight husks extending from the centers and corners are more Régence in character.2007, Timothy Newbery, “France: Transition”, in Frames (The Robert Lehman Collection; XIII), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York in…. From the entry Régence
- Otherwise, the doctor could administer a decoction of husks of nuts, quinine, sulphuric ether, and teinture of oranges.2016, Harry W. Paul, Bacchic Medicine, page 45. From the entry teinture
- Butyrates are formed naturally in the gut by friendly bacteria (probiotics) digesting fibre, such as the fibre in psyllium seed husks.2008, Neil McKinney, Naturally There's Always Hope, page 160. From the entry butyrate
Meaning of husk
- noun The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.
- noun Any form of useless, dried up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something.
- noun The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
Questions about the plural of husk
- What is the plural of husk?
- The plural of husk is husks.
- Is husk countable?
- Husk is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: husk (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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