hull
hull is a 4-letter English word with 12 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.
- transitive verb. The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging.
- transitive verb. To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument; as, to hull corn.
- transitive verb. To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.
- intransitive verb. To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails.
- noun. the frame or body of ship
- noun. a large fishing port in northeastern England
- noun. United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955)
- noun. United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843)
- noun. persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry
- noun. dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut
- verb. remove the hulls from
"hull the berries"
Common word forms
hulls, hulled, huller, hulling
Words from these letters
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