kabuk

Meaning

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.

Concepts

shell

🐚

crust

bark

skin

rind

integument

seashell

peel

scab

shuck

fur

valve

fort

incrustation

leafage

leather

monocoque

nutshell

scurf

squama

tegument

pelecypod

Peel

Earth’s crust

chroma key

blanket

clam

coat

🧥

conch

cortex

cover

cuticle

cuticula

earth’s crust

eggshell

egg shell

Synonyms

deri

pul

soymak

zar

kavkı

kuru ekmek

dış yüzey

sertllk

deniz kabuğu

katilık

dış görünüş

hayvan

🐾

yumurta kabuğu

Hyphenated as

ka‧buk

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈbuk/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: قبوق

In summary

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.