1. humus

noun. ['ˈhjuːməs'] a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East.

Rhymes with Humus

• animus
• artemus
• bemis
• brademas
• cadmus
• christmas
• christmas'
• clackamas
• deltadromeus
• demas
• demus
• dermis
• dethomas
• domas
• epidermis
• erasmus
• grimace
• heironimus
• hippopotamus
• ignoramus

How do you pronounce humus?

Pronounce humus as ˈhjuməs.

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Sentences with humus

1. Noun, singular or mass
And if it is sandy, you can till in humus to make it heavier and more moisture-retentive.

2. Adjective
Once the organic materials are completely broken down, the product is humus.

Quotes about humus

1. To preserve the silence within--amid all the noise. To remain open and quiet, a moist humus in the fertile darkness where the rain falls and the grain ripens--no matter how many tramp across the parade ground in whirling dust under an arid sky.
- Dag Hammarskjöld, Markings

2. There are souls, he thought, whose umbilicus has never been cut. They never got weaned from the universe. They do not understand death as an enemy; they look forward to rotting and turning into humus.
- Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed

3. The Latin words humus, soil/earth, and homo, human being, have a common derivation, from which we also get our word 'humble.' This is the Genesis origin of who we are: dust - dust that the Lord God used to make us a human being. If we cultivate a lively sense of our origin and nurture a sense of continuity with it, who knows, we may also acquire humility.
- Eugene H. Peterson, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places

2. humus

noun. ['ˈhjuːməs'] partially decomposed organic matter; the organic component of soil.