husky

Words with a similar base: husky

'husky'

[eskimo_dog.n.01] as in: breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog

'husky'

[beefy.s.01] as in: muscular and heavily built

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Examples:
a beefy wrestler
had a tall burly frame
clothing sizes for husky boys
a strapping boy of eighteen
`buirdly' is a Scottish term

'husky'

[gruff.s.02] as in: deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; ; ; ; - Virgil Thomson

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Examples:
gruff voices
the dog's gruff barking
hoarse cries
makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky