hull

(noun, verb)

noun

1. dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut

Definition categories: plant, husk

2. persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry

Definition categories: plant, calyx

3. a large fishing port in northeastern England

Definition categories: location

4. the frame or body of ship

Definition categories: man–made, construction, structure

Sentences with hull as a noun:

- holomorphically convex hull; affine hull; injective hull

verb

1. remove the hulls from

- hull the berries

Definition categories: change, remove, take, withdraw

Sentences with hull as a verb:

- She sat on the back porch hulling peanuts.