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husk

noun as in covering, case

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Multiple vehicles were "engulfed in flames and reduced to charred husks, with debris scattered across the site", according to a police statement.

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"A white dwarf is the leftover husk of a star that has finished fusing its hydrogen," said Burgasser.

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Gasa husked a coconut and used hand gestures to convey his idea.

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To make the resulting flour safe and digestible for humans, the outer husks and certain phenolic compounds must first be removed.

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Other forms of Metarhizium are already commonly cultivated around the world on cheap materials like chicken droppings, rice husks and wheat scraps that are readily available after harvest.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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