HUSKY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
   Synonym(s)
   • Eskimo dog (what does Eskimo dog mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) husky is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • working dog (what does working dog mean?)

HUSKY as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
   Synonym(s)
   • gruff (what does gruff mean?)
   • hoarse (what does hoarse mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • gruff voices
   • the dog’’s gruff barking
   • hoarse cries
   • makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky- Virgil Thomson
   Similar To
   • cacophonous (what does cacophonous mean?)
   • cacophonic (what does cacophonic mean?)
2. Meaning
   • muscular and heavily built
   Synonym(s)
   • beefy (what does beefy mean?)
   • buirdly (what does buirdly mean?)
   • burly (what does burly mean?)
   • strapping (what does strapping mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a beefy wrestler
   • had a tall burly frame
   • clothing sizes for husky boys
   • a strapping boy of eighteen
   • `buirdly” is a Scottish term
   Similar To
   • robust (what does robust mean?)