Husk vs. Meat — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Husk and Meat
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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.
Meat
Meat is animal flesh that is eaten as food. Humans have hunted and killed animals for meat since prehistoric times.
Husk
The outer membranous or green envelope of some fruits or seeds, as that of a walnut or an ear of corn.
Meat
The edible flesh of animals, especially that of mammals as opposed to that of fish or poultry.
Husk
A shell or outer covering, especially when considered worthless.
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Meat
The edible part, as of a piece of fruit or a nut.
Husk
A framework serving as a support.
Meat
The essence, substance, or gist
The meat of the editorial.
Husk
To remove the husk from.
Meat
(Slang) Something that one enjoys or excels in; a forte
Tennis is his meat.
Husk
The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.
A coconut has a very thick husk.
Meat
Nourishment; food
"Love is not all.
Husk
Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something.
His attorney was a dried-up husk of a man.
Meat
The human body regarded as an object of sexual desire.
Husk
The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
Meat
The genitals.
Husk
An infection in cattle caused by a species of Dictyocaulus or lungworm
Meat
(uncountable) The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food.
A large portion of domestic meat production comes from animals raised on factory farms.
The homesteading teenager shot a deer to supply his family with wild meat for the winter.
Husk
(transitive) To remove husks from.
Meat
(countable) A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.
The butchery's profit rate on various meats varies greatly.
Husk
(intransitive) To cough, clear one's throat.
Meat
Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food. See also meat and drink.
Husk
(transitive) To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.
Meat
A type of food, a dish.
Husk
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.
Meat
(archaic) A meal.
Husk
The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
Meat
(obsolete) Meal; flour.
Husk
To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn.
Meat
(uncountable) Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc.
The apple looked fine on the outside, but the meat was not very firm.
Husk
Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
Meat
(slang) A penis.
Husk
Outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
Meat
(colloquial) The best or most substantial part of something.
We recruited him right from the meat of our competitor.
Husk
Remove the husks from;
Husk corn
Meat
(sports) The sweet spot of a bat or club (in cricket, golf, baseball etc.).
He hit it right on the meat of the bat.
Meat
(slang) A meathead.
Throw it in here, meat.
Meat
(Australian Aboriginal) A totem, or (by metonymy) a clan or clansman which uses it.
Meat
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.
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, . . . to you it shall be for meat.
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you.
Meat
The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.
Meat
Dinner; the chief meal.
Meat
To supply with food.
His shield well lined, his horses meated well.
Meat
The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
Meat
The inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone;
Black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell
Meat
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;
The gist of the prosecutor's argument
The heart and soul of the Republican Party
The nub of the story
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