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What (who) is husks - definition
HUSK OF RICE GRAINS
Rice husks; Rice husk; Rice husk ash; Rice hulls ash; Rice-hulls; Rice hull; Parboiled rice hulls; Parboiled rice husks
![The temples of the [[Batujaya Archaeological Site]] in [[Indonesia]] (5th century AD) were built with bricks containing rice hulls.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bata Candi-candi Batujaya.JPG?width=200 "The temples of the [[Batujaya Archaeological Site]] in [[Indonesia]] (5th century AD) were built with bricks containing rice hulls.")
husks
n. pl.
Hulls, glumes, chaff.
Husk
OUTER SHELL OR COATING OF A SEED
Corn husk; Corn husks; Dehulling; Hulling; Dehusk; De-hulling; Dehull; Hulled; Dehusked; Dehusking; De-husking; Shelling corn; Hull (botany); Seed husks; Cornhusk; Cornhusking; Corn husking; Corn-husk; Seed hull
·noun The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
II. Husk ·vt To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn.
III. Husk ·noun The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize.
husk
OUTER SHELL OR COATING OF A SEED
Corn husk; Corn husks; Dehulling; Hulling; Dehusk; De-hulling; Dehull; Hulled; Dehusked; Dehusking; De-husking; Shelling corn; Hull (botany); Seed husks; Cornhusk; Cornhusking; Corn husking; Corn-husk; Seed hull
(husks)
A husk is the outer covering of a grain or a seed.
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Rice hulls
Rice hulls (or rice husks) are the hard protecting coverings of grains of rice. In addition to protecting rice during the growing season, rice hulls can be put to use as building material, fertilizer, insulation material, or fuel. Rice hulls are part of the chaff of the rice.
Examples of use of husks
1. They mix it with maize husks to make a kind of porridge.
2. The husks of looted cars and deserted Russian armor lined its shoulders.
3. Now the SPD poster messages of "solidarity" and "strength" seem like husks of a dated message.
4. Cereal husks are already part of the mix of brown and wholemeal breads.
5. An ethanol variation, cellulosic ethanol, uses corn husks and other crop waste.