Meaning of "husk"

husk •

n.
• • 1. the dry outer covering of certain seeds or fruits: upak, talupak
  • 2. coconut husk: bunot

v.
• • 1. to remove the husk: mag-upak, upakan, magtalupak, talupakan, magtalop, talupan
  • 2. to husk coconuts: mag-alis (alisan) ng bunot, talupan, bunutan
  • 3. to polish a floor with a coconut husk: magbunot ng sahig, bunutin ang sahig

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chaff

n.
• • 1. the husk of a cereal: ipa
  • 2. the broken-up or powdered husk: darak

coconut

n.
• • 1. general term for coconut: niyog
  • 2. rare type of coconut used for preserves: makapuno
  • 3. the young coconut: buko, mura
  • 4. coconut husk: bunot
  • 5. coconut milk: gata
  • 6. coconut oil: langis ng niyog
  • 7. coconut plantation: niyugan
  • 8. coconut shell: bao
  • 9. coconut preserve made from coconut milk: latik
  • 10. coconut toffee: bukayo

polish

v.
• • 1. to make smooth and shiny: magpakintab, pakintabin, magbuli, bulihin
  • 2. to polish the floor with coconut husk: magbunot, bunutin
  • 3. to become smooth and shiny, take on polish: kumintab, mabuli
  • 4. to make elegant or refined (in manner): pinuhan

n.
• • 1. polished condition: kintab, kakintaban
  • 2. a substance used to give smoothness or shine: pakintab, pampakintab, sebo, biton
  • 3. refinement (in manners): kagandahang-asal

rice

n.
• • 1. the unhusked seed or grain of a plant grown in a warm climate: palay
  • 2. the plant itself: palay
  • 3. the husked grain: bigas
  • 4. the cooked grains: kanin
  • 5. burnt rice at the bottom of the pot: tutong
  • 6. the grains cooked with much water (rice porridge): lugaw, nilugaw
  • 7. a sticky variety of rice: malagkit
  • 8. fried rice: sinangag
  • 9. the broken grains of the husked rice: binlid
  • 10. rice bran: darak
  • 11. rice husk: ipa

bunot

n.
• • coconut husk bunot, bumunot, bunutin (-um:-in)

v.
• • to pull out, to uproot, to extract. Bunutin mo ang damo. Pull out the grass. magbunot, bunutin (mag:-in)

v.
• • to pull out something (a gun). Nagbunot siya ng baril. He pulled out a gun.

bao

n.
• • coconut shell without husk or meat

ipa

n.
• • chaff or husk of palay