Synonyms of hulls

hulls 1 of 2

noun

plural of hull

as in sheaths

something that encloses another thing especially to protect it

the coffin was placed in a cement hull

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sheaths
• casings
• shells
• coverings
• pods
• housings
• husks
• cases
• jackets
• capsules
• coatings
• cocoons
• covers
• shields
• cartridges
• armors
• packages
• plates
• encasements
• wrappers
• crusts
• houses
• platings
• cassettes
• skins
• barks
• envelopes
• mails
• carapaces
• facings
• panoplies
• backings
• hides
• cuticles
• covertures

hulls

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of hull

as in peels

to remove the natural covering of

hull the pinto beans before adding them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• peels
• shells
• husks
• barks
• skins
• scales
• strips
• shucks
• flays
• exposes
• bares
• pares
• denudes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hulls

Noun

Once the hulls are complete, teams in the United States will handle reactor assembly, fuel loading, and final integration. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026

The cat, which measures just short of 64 feet, can cover those long distances thanks to her two slender hulls, twin engines, and two fuel tanks with a capacity of 1,585 gallons. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2026

When the hulls are removed, they’re called hemp hearts, which can be added to anything from salads to oatmeal. — Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 22 Oct. 2026

Bright stars glimmer between the solar panels and outer hulls of the ISS and visiting spacecraft, painted purple by the auroral display. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026

The clouds were made in the Netherlands by a firm with a history of building steel ship hulls that now specializes in building complex steel constructions like the clouds using digital data. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Entering service in 1972, it was developed as a weapon that could take on Soviet deep-diving, high-speed submarines with titanium hulls like the Alfa class. — New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026

Stir the contents, then skim off and discard any seed hulls and seeds that float to the surface. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2026

Major naval engagements over more than the last four decades suggest that any navy expecting to fight near an enemy’s coast should be wary of building its force structure around expensive, irreplaceable hulls. — Holmes Liao, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026