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
Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2026
The troops climbed a rope ladder to a door in the hull and jumped through, brandishing rifles.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2025
To make strawberry ice cream, add 1 pint of strawberries, hulled and sliced.
To make cookies and cream ice cream, add 1 cup of crushed Oreos.
—Maryal Miller Carter, USA Today, 6 June 2025
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Noun
Bellini says the hull is optimized for stability at high speeds, with power coming from a pair of either diesel or gas Volvo Pentas rated at 350 and 300 hp, respectively.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2026
The troops climbed a rope ladder to a door in the hull and jumped through, brandishing rifles.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
Both hulled and unhulled pumpkin seeds provide more magnesium than sunflower seeds.
—Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2025
To make strawberry ice cream, add 1 pint of strawberries, hulled and sliced.
To make cookies and cream ice cream, add 1 cup of crushed Oreos.
—Maryal Miller Carter, USA Today, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hull
Noun
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This week, the Archaeological Museum at the University of Stavanger in Norway announced its recent acquisition of a magnificent sheath, thanks to a curious hiker out for a walk one morning.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
10 May 2026
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That sheath scales with the surface area of the chamber.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Officers found several shell casings at the scene and interviewed several witnesses.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 May 2026
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Police later said Gallon led investigators to a soda can containing two bullet casings connected to the murders.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
Verb
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Still, does that give the refs justification to bark back?—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
9 May 2026
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Not a dog barking or a feral cat knocking the lid off the garbage.—
Ellen Bass,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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In addition, many of San Diego’s trolley stops are in the South Bay and southeastern San Diego neighborhoods where the city has done significantly less upzoning in recent years — and where much of the land is zoned for single-family housing.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
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But as housing prices have gone up, so have land rents.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
Noun
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Specifically, carapaces spelling out 8647, which is either shell-speak for evil intent or a bartender telling Patel to 86 his personal booze and buy a drink already.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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The three shell eggs with broken shells in the reach-in cooler?—
David J. Neal
May 8,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Republicans pushed for their initial amendment that would have allowed masks if the facial covering included the officer’s name and badge number on the outside of the mask.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2026
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Unlike a nonrigid airship, in which the envelope is airtight and contains the lifting gas, a rigid airship carries its gas in these internal cells, so the outer covering does not function as the primary gas container.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Any branches that hang over the property line can be a problem for neighbors who may have to deal with leaf litter, seeds, pods, fruits, bark, or falling limbs.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
10 May 2026
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Kavanaugh and Hegseth were depicted as two party-loving peas in a pod in the sketch.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
10 May 2026
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“Hull.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hull. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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