Husk vs. Meat

Husknoun

The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside

Husknoun

Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something

Husknoun

The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

Husknoun

An infection in cattle caused by a species of Dictyocaulus or lungworm

Huskverb

(transitive) To remove husks from.

Huskverb

(intransitive) To cough, clear one's throat.

Huskverb

(transitive) To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.

Husknoun

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.

Husknoun

The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

Huskverb

To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn.

Husknoun

material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

Husknoun

outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds

Huskverb

remove the husks from;

Husk

Husk (or hull) in botany is the outer shell or coating of a seed. In the United States, the term husk often refers to the leafy outer covering of an ear of maize (corn) as it grows on the plant.

Meatnoun

(uncountable) The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food.

Meatnoun

(countable) A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.

Meatnoun

Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food. See also meat and drink.

Meatnoun

A type of food, a dish.

Meatnoun

A meal.

Meatnoun

(uncountable) Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc.

Meatnoun

(slang) A penis.

Meatnoun

(colloquial) The best or most substantial part of something.

Meatnoun

(sports) The sweet spot of a bat or club (in cricket, golf, baseball etc.).

Meatnoun

A meathead.

Meatnoun

(Australian Aboriginal) A totem, or (by metonymy) a clan or clansman which uses it.

Meatnoun

Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg.

Meatnoun

The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.

Meatnoun

Dinner; the chief meal.

Meatverb

To supply with food.

Meatnoun

the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food

Meatnoun

the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone;

Meatnoun

the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;

Meat

Meat is animal flesh that is eaten as food. Humans have hunted and killed animals for meat since prehistoric times.