hull
IPA: hˈʌɫ
noun
- The outer covering of a fruit or seed.
- Any covering.
- The body or frame of a vessel, such as a ship or plane.
- (mathematics, geometry, of a set A) The smallest set that possesses a particular property (such as convexity) and contains every point of A; slightly more formally, the intersection of all sets which possess the specified property and of which A is a subset.
- A placename:
- A river in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, which flows into the Humber.
- The common name of Kingston upon Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
- Hull, Quebec: The central business district and oldest neighborhood of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.
- Any of various places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in DeSoto County, Florida.
- A city in Madison County, Georgia.
- A village in Pike County, Illinois.
- A city in Sioux County, Iowa.
- A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
- An unincorporated community in Emmons County, North Dakota.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Liberty County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia.
- A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Portage County, Wisconsin.
- (countable) A surname.
verb
- (Appalachia) To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.
- (obsolete, intransitive, nautical) To drift; to be carried by the impetus of wind or water on the ship's hull alone, with sails furled.
- (transitive) To hit (a ship) in the hull with cannon fire etc.
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Examples of "hull" in Sentences
- The hull is water sealed and airtight.
- This was secreted next to the inner hull of the ship.
- The seawater intakes are located in the hull of the ship.
- Time distortion begins to make the hull of the ship disintegrate.
- The rescuers cut through the hull and help the group from the ship.
- The main body and the deck of the hull are separately vacuum formed.
- The good chieftain furrows the hull's lair with his ship's beaked prow.
- The drive outrigger hull is connected to a load hull by a connector frame.
- The load hull holds the drive outrigger hull upright even in strong winds.
- It has a crane mounted in the front of the hull and a crate on top of the hull.
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