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1. Muscular and heavily built
   "clothing sizes for husky boys"
   - beefy, burly, strapping, buirdly
    
2. Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
   "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"
   - gruff, hoarse

1. Breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
   - Eskimo dog

Derived forms: huskiest, huskies, huskier

See also: cacophonic, cacophonous, huskily, huskiness, robust

Type of: working dog

Encyclopedia: Husky