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hulks

H h

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /hʌlk/
    • /hʌlk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /hʌlk/

Definitions of hulks word

  • noun hulks Plural form of hulk. 1
  • noun plural hulks frames or hulls of ships, used as storehouses, etc, or (esp in 19th-century Britain) as prisons 0
  • noun hulks plural of hulk. 0

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Parts of speech for Hulks

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
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exclamation

hulks popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Synonyms for hulks

adjective hulks

  • oxen — a plural of ox.

noun hulks

  • giants — (in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
  • goliaths — Plural form of goliath.
  • colossi — (initial capital letter) the legendary bronze statue of Helios at Rhodes. Compare Seven Wonders of the World.
  • titans — Classical Mythology. any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus. Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia. any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
  • shells — a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.

Top questions with hulks

  • what are hulks?
  • what is the hulks weakness?

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