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- [huhl]
- /hʌl/
- /hʌl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [huhl]
- /hʌl/
Definitions of hull word
- noun hull Cordell [kawr-del,, kawr-del] /ˈkɔr dɛl,, kɔrˈdɛl/ (Show IPA), 1871–1955, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1933–44; Nobel Peace Prize 1945. 1
- noun hull Robert Marvin ("Bobby") born 1939, Canadian ice-hockey player. 1
- noun hull William, 1753–1825, U.S. general. 1
- noun hull Official name Kingston-upon-Hull. a seaport in Humberside, in E England, on the Humber River. 1
- noun hull a city in SE Canada, on the Ottawa River opposite Ottawa. 1
- verb with object hull to pierce (the hull of a ship), especially below the water line. 1
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Origin of hull
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English; Old English hulu husk, pod; akin to Old English helan to cover, hide, Latin cēlāre to hide, conceal, Greek kalýptein to cover up (see apocalypse). See hall, hell, hole
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Parts of speech for Hull
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conjunction
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hull popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hull usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hull
noun hull
- frame — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- skin — the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- case — A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
- shell — a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.
- peel — to strip (something) of its skin, rind, bark, etc.: to peel an orange.
verb hull
- strip — to cut, tear, or form into strips.
- unclothe — to strip of clothes.
- excorticate — (obsolete) To strip of bark or skin.
Antonyms for hull
noun hull
- interior — being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; further toward a center: the interior rooms of a house.
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