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kabuk.

The hard layer over or around something naturally formed to protect it; shell, bark, skin of a fruit, rind or husk.

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/kaˈbuk/
  1. The hard layer over or around something naturally formed to protect it; shell, bark, skin of a fruit, rind or husk.

  2. The hard, brown outer layer around bread; crust.

  3. The incrustation over a wound or pimple; scab.

  4. The outer layer surrounding liquid or gaseous core; crust.

  5. The outer chitinaceous, siliceous, bony or keratinous layer around an animal.

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قبوق (ḳabuḳ, “bark, rind, the skin or peel of a fruit, shell”), from Proto-Turkic *kāpuk (“bark, shell”) from Proto-Turkic *kāp- (“to surround”), equivalent to kap + -uk.

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