[hʌl], (Noun)

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- the main body of a ship or other vessel, including the bottom, sides, and deck but not the masts, superstructure, rigging, engines, and other fittings


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Middle English: perhaps the same word as hull, or related to hold

[hʌl], (Verb)

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- hit and pierce the hull of (a ship) with a missile
(e.g: the ship was being hulled and all would die)


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Middle English: perhaps the same word as hull, or related to hold

[hʌl], (Noun)

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- the outer covering of a fruit or seed, especially the pod of peas and beans, or the husk of grain


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Origin:
Old English hulu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch huls, German Hülse ‘husk, pod’, and German Hülle ‘covering’, also to heel

[hʌl], (Verb)

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- remove the hulls from (fruit, seeds, or grain)
(e.g: first, rinse and hull the berries)


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Origin:
Old English hulu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch huls, German Hülse ‘husk, pod’, and German Hülle ‘covering’, also to heel

[hʌl], (Noun)

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- a city and port in north-eastern England, situated at the junction of the Hull and Humber Rivers; population 263,000 (est. 2009)


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