Synonyms for hull

Most common

shell · pod · husk · unhull

All synonyms

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.

   She sat on the back porch hulling peanuts.

2. n. 1

   The smallest set that possesses a particular property (such as convexity) and contains every point of A; slightly more formally, the intersection of all sets which possess the specified property and of which A is a subset.

   holomorphically convex hull; affine hull; injective hull

Related words

Phrases

convex hull rice hull affine hull hull operator hull speed

Forms

Plural

hulls → spans, fuselages, hulks…

Past participle

hulled
e.g. hulled → shelled, peeled, husked, podded…

Example sentences

• shell It took Tom a long time to break out of his shell.
• pod The twin sisters are alike as two peas in a pod.
• husk He's just a husk of his former self.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

pod¹

4 letters

skin¹, span¹, peel¹, hulk¹, husk¹, rind¹

5 letters

shell¹, shuck¹

6 letters

unhull

8 letters

fuselage³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fuselage³ = 3 syllables).

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