1. a large, heavy person or thing
2. the abandoned wreck or shell of a ship
Usage: nautical
3. the main body or frame of a ship
Usage: nautical

1. to appear bulkily; to loom

Examples

• The hulk of a man blocked the entire doorway.
• The old ship’s hulk lay rusting in the harbor.
• They stripped everything valuable from the hulk before abandoning it.
• The mountain hulked against the evening sky.
• He was a hulk of a football player, standing over six feet tall.
• The hulk of the building remained after the fire.
• Dark clouds hulked on the horizon.