noun
- plural of hull: the outer covering of a fruit, seed, or grain
- plural of hull: the main body or frame of a ship or boat
Usage: nautical
verb
- third person singular present of hull: removes the outer covering from fruits, seeds, or grains
Examples
- She removed the hulls from the strawberries before making jam.
- The rice hulls were used as compost for the garden.
- The shipyard inspected the hulls of both vessels for damage.
- Storm waves crashed against the steel hulls of the cargo ships.
- He hulls the sunflower seeds by hand.
- The machine quickly hulls thousands of nuts per hour.
- Discarded peanut hulls littered the stadium floor.