as in sheath
something that encloses another thing especially to protect it
the coffin was placed in a cement hull
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Recent Examples of hull
Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
There were no diagonal support beams to strengthen the hull in key areas.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
David Nikel, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
The single-serving packets contain oats packed with fiber and protein, plus add-ins like chia seeds and hulled buckwheat for a hearty, chewy texture.
—Hana Asbrink, Bon Appétit, 5 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The vessels were identified by their hull numbers as the Type 052D destroyers CNS and CNS and the Type 903A replenishment ship CNS .
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
There were no diagonal support beams to strengthen the hull in key areas.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
Everything from lifeboat drills to hull design can trace its roots back to the hard lessons learned from Titanic’s fate.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
The single-serving packets contain oats packed with fiber and protein, plus add-ins like chia seeds and hulled buckwheat for a hearty, chewy texture.
—Hana Asbrink, Bon Appétit, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hull
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According to the case's probable cause affidavit, which was reviewed by PEOPLE, Kohberger was caught after a sheath of the knife used in the murders was left at the scene in the bed where Mogen and Goncalves were found.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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The murder weapon was never recovered, but the killer dropped a Ka-Bar knife sheath near Mogen's body.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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It's frequently served rolled into sausage-and-rice balls called boudin balls or stuffed into a casing like other sausage preparations.—
Elizabeth Mervosh,
Southern Living,
12 Oct. 2025
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Once harvested, nuts must be washed and dried and removed from their shell and, for some types of nuts, first from an exterior husk or other casing.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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The volunteer pilot, a Wyoming physician named Brent Blue, told me that there’s usually not too much barking unless there’s a cat on board.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
16 Oct. 2025
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Perhaps a dog barks too much, a cat roams through the yard, or pets are relieving themselves in unwanted areas.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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The region's housing inventory remains low, particularly in metropolitan counties compared to rural areas.—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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The first occurred on March 13, 2020, when an officer visited White’s apartment, in an affordable-housing complex outside Sydney.—
Eren Orbey,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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At the present moment, the Big Ten’s mostly public universities are nearing a deal to take $2 billion from an outside investor (a pension fund in California) in return for a slice of equity in what would essentially be a new shell company to house the league’s media and sponsorship businesses.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Scoop pastry cream into the baked pie shell, and use a spoon or offset spatula to smooth.—
Stephanie Ganz,
Southern Living,
12 Oct. 2025
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Knives were reportedly being stored between an electrical conduit and a wall covering.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Instead of a membrane-like surface seen on other bugs, the leg organ is composed of a waxy covering dotted with several thousand pores connected to porous glands.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
16 Oct. 2025
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The June 3 episode of Simmons’ video pod has put up some of the biggest numbers for his YouTube channel in recent months, as 270,158 users thus far have tuned in to watch the host quash a beef with Meadowlark Media star (and Mark Cuban antagonist) Pablo Torre.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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The pastel hues are broken up at the bottom of this pair with burgundy rubber below the shoe’s signature Abzorb SBS cushioning pods.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Hull.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hull. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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