hull

Meanings

Plural: hulls

Noun

dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut
persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry
United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843)
United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955)
a large fishing port in northeastern England
the frame or body of ship
The outer covering of a fruit or seed.
Any covering.
The body or frame of a vessel, such as a ship or plane.
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.

Verb

remove the hulls from
- "hull the berries"
To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.
To drift; to be carried by the impetus of wind or water on the ship's hull alone, with sails furled.
To hit (a ship) in the hull with cannon fire etc.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English hul, hulle, holle (“seed covering, hull of a ship”), from Old English hulu (“seed covering”), from Proto-Germanic *hul-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide”); or possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kal- (“hard”).
Compare Dutch hul (“hood”), German Hülle (“cover, wrap”), Hülse (“hull”); also Old Irish calad, calath (“hard”), Latin callus, callum (“rough skin”), Old Church Slavonic калити (kaliti, “to cool, harden”). For the sense development, compare French coque (“nutshell; ship's hull”), Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos, “bean pod; yacht”).

Synonyms

Cordell Hull, fuselage, husk, Isaac Hull, Kingston-upon Hull, peel, shell, shuck, span

Scrabble Score: 7

hull is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
hull is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hull is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

hull is a valid Words With Friends word