Word forms: plural, plural, 3rd person singular presenttense hulls, present participle hulling, past tense, past participle hulled
1. countable noun
The hull of a boat or tank is the main body of it.
The hull had suffered extensive damage to the starboard side.
Synonyms: framework, casing, body, covering More Synonyms of hull
-hulledcombining form in adjective
...a steel-hulled narrowboat.
2. countable noun
The hull of a soft fruit such as a strawberry is the stalk and ring of leaves at the base.
3. verb
If you hull soft fruit such as strawberries, you remove the hulls.
Wash and hull the strawberries. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: trim, peel, skin, shell More Synonyms of hull
More Synonyms of hull
hull in British English
(hʌl)
noun
1.
the main body of a vessel, tank, flying boat, etc
2.
the shell or pod of peas or beans; the outer covering of any fruit or seed; husk
3.
the persistent calyx at the base of a strawberry, raspberry, or similar fruit
4.
the outer casing of a missile, rocket, etc
verb
5.
to remove the hulls from (fruit or seeds)
6. (transitive)
to pierce the hull of (a vessel, tank, etc)
Derived forms
huller (ˈhuller)
noun
hull-less (ˈhull-less)
adjective
Word origin
Old English hulu; related to Old High German helawa, Old English helan to hide
Hull in British English1
(hʌl)
noun
1.
a city and port in NE England, in Kingston upon Hull unitary authority, East Riding of Yorkshire: fishing, food processing; two universities. Pop: 301 416 (2001). Official name: Kingston upon Hull
2.
a city in SE Canada, in SW Quebec on the River Ottawa: a centre of the timber trade and associated industries. Pop: 66 246 (2001)
Hull in British English2
(hʌl)
noun
Cordell. 1871–1955, US statesman; secretary of state (1933–44). He helped to found the U.N.: Nobel peace prize 1945
Hull in American English1
(hʌl)
ˈCordell (ˈkɔrdɛl) 1871-1955; U.S. statesman: secretary of state (1933-44)
Hull in American English2
(hʌl)
1.
seaport in Humberside, England, on the Humber estuary: county district pop. 254,000
officially Kingston upon Hull
2.
city in SW Quebec, Canada: pop. 62,000
Word origin
(sense 2) after district in Yorkshire, England
hull in American English1
(hʌl)
noun
1.
the frame or body of a ship, excluding the masts, rigging, superstructure, etc.
2.
a.
the main body of an airship
b.
the watertight frame or main body of a flying boat, amphibious plane or vehicle, hydrofoil, etc., on which it floats when in the water
verb transitive
3.
to pierce the hull of (a ship) with a shell, torpedo, etc.
Idioms:
hull down
Word origin
special use of hull2, prob. infl. by Du hol, ship's hold
hull in American English2
(hʌl)
noun
1.
the outer covering of a seed or fruit, as the husk of grain, pod of a pea, shell of a nut, etc.
2.
the calyx of some fruits, as the raspberry
3.
any outer covering
verb transitive
4.
to take the hull or hulls off (a seed or fruit)
Derived forms
huller (ˈhuller)
noun
Word origin
ME hule < OE hulu, akin to Ger hülle, covering: for IE base see hall
Examples of 'hull' in a sentence
hull
For two days they had clung to the oily hull of the ship.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Military divers blasted new holes in the upturned hull yesterday as the search continued for the missing.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
People can be seen scrambling over the ship 's upturned hull before sliding into the sea.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In its place stood the ship 's hull.
The Sun (2013)
The following day a 50,000 rigid hull inflatable boat was found ditched on the shore.
The Sun (2016)
It takes only 8lb of explosive to pierce the hull.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Both methods risk causing more damage to the hull, potentially sending the ship to the sea bed.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Only a few lifeboats could be launched and although hundreds of passengers managed to scramble on to the upturned hull they were left stranded.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I pulled my way up the leg and reached the lower skirt of the main hull of the craft.
Baxter, Stephen Anti-Ice (1993)
Best of all is his immensely solid wooden staircase with a vault in the form of an upturned ship 's hull.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The large crack is on the port side of the hull, the opposite side to the emergency repairs that were needed.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He fought for and won the right to use the huge loft of the barn - a magical space like the upturned hull of a ship.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
There was zero gravity - no up or down, followed by an enormous crash and the side of the hull leapt towards me.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Like finding yourself in a metal box in the hull of a ship during a storm with six prisoners, all of them hoping you'll burst into tears.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
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In other languages
hull
British English: hull /hʌl/ NOUN
The hull of a boat is the main part of its body.
The ship is new, with a steel hull.
American English: hull
Arabic: جِسْمُ السَّفِينَةُ
Brazilian Portuguese: casco de barco
Chinese: 船体
Croatian: trup
Czech: trup lodi, letadla
Danish: skrog
Dutch: romp
European Spanish: casco
Finnish: laivan runko
French: coque
German: Schiffskörper
Greek: κύτος
Italian: scafo
Japanese: 船体
Korean: 선체
Norwegian: skrog
Polish: kadłub
European Portuguese: casco de barco
Romanian: carcasă
Russian: корпус
Latin American Spanish: vaina
Swedish: skrov
Thai: ตัวเรือ
Turkish: gemi teknesi
Ukrainian: корпус (корабля)
Vietnamese: thân tàu
Chinese translation of 'hull'
hull
(hʌl)
n(c)
(Naut) 船体(體) (chuántǐ)
[of nut]壳(殼) (ké)
[of strawberry etc]花萼 (huā'è)
vt
[fruit]除去 ... 花萼 (chúqù ... huā'è)
1 (noun)
Definition
the main body of a boat
The hull had suffered extensive damage to the starboard side.
Synonyms
framework
wooden shelves on a steel framework
casing
Bullet casings lay scattered on the ground.
body
The largest organ in the body is the liver.
covering
Sawdust was used as a hygienic floor covering.
frame
He supplied housebuilders with modern timber frames.
skeleton
Only skeletons of buildings remained in the area.
2 (noun)
Definition
the outer covering of a fruit or seed such as a pea or bean
I soaked the hulls off lima beans.
Synonyms
husk
a grey squirrel nibbling on a peanut husk
skin
banana skins
shell
They cracked the nuts and removed their shells.
peel
grated lemon peel
pod
Remove the peas from their pods.
rind
Cut off the rind of the cheese.
shuck
(verb)
Definition
to remove the hulls from (fruit or seeds)
Soak them in water with lemon juice for 30 minutes before hulling.
Synonyms
trim
peel
I sat down and began peeling potatoes.
skin
two tomatoes, skinned, peeled and chopped
shell
She shelled and ate a few nuts.
husk
shuck
Additional synonyms
in the sense of body
Definition
the entire physical structure of an animal or human