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hull

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verb

as in to peel
to remove the natural covering of hull the pinto beans before adding them

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Recent Examples of hull
Noun
Then Leona arrived, with a lipstick red hull filled with extraordinary, luxury-laden details. Kathleen Turner, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025 The yacht began picking up speed, its hull smashing against the water. David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
In our final test, the paring knife was up to par for hulling strawberries, producing a smooth cut with no resistance. Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2023 It’s traditionally made by simmering pork with chiles and hominy (hulled corn kernels), but adding venison to the pot lends the stew a richer and more vibrant character. Jonathan Miles, Field & Stream, 15 Nov. 2023 See all Example Sentences for hull 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hull
Noun
  • The black, silky sheath can easily stand on its own with minimal accessorizing or can be dressed up with some sparkly jewelry.
    Rachel Sylvester, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2025
  • One was made by sliding a ring cut from a plastic bottle around an RPG warhead, filling this makeshift collar with quarter-inch stainless-steel ball bearings and sealing them against the warhead’s sheath with an electric heat gun.
    C.J. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The easy-to-apply wallpaper is safe to use, nice quality, and doesn’t peel or tear when applying, per reviewers.
    Kelsey Fredricks, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Jan. 2025
  • For many of us stateside Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a moment to breathe and at times peel back a layer and rest.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Authorities recovered a gun, a magazine containing 40 caliber rounds, a bucket of 40 caliber ammunition, and two 40 caliber shell casings.
    Cale Ahearn, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Officers who responded to the scene did not find any shell casings.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Jover sharply stepped out from the bench and in front of Mikel Arteta to bark orders.
    Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Not for Your Health Barilla (1993) A cheeky, goofy-as-hell pasta ad in which Gérard Depardieu cooks pasta for a girl who fell off her scooter, causing an elderly couple to eerily applaud and a Toto-looking dog to bark its approval.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Fort Worth Star-Telegram Jaime covers growth in and around Fort Worth, with a focus on transportation, infrastructure, and housing issues.
    Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Meanwhile, unprecedented growth in the city over the past few years has contributed to a housing crisis that’s pushed many residents out.
    Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The shell was one of the only objects that survived a fire that burned down her great-grandmother’s home in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles in the early 1900s.
    Jennifer Medina, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
  • So, what happens then to the shells of carbon-rich dust?
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • On Friday, Paris’ Hotel de Guise was drenched in the house’s signature fabrics, wall coverings and its very first in-house furniture collection, which debuted during the five-day Paris Deco Off interior design event that closes Sunday.
    Sofia Celeste, WWD, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Insulating Window Treatments: Cellular or multi-layer window coverings can also be another helpful insulating solution.
    Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This year, the show is headed to Minneapolis with a cast of 32 Midwest singles who are ready to mingle via pod and hopefully find the love of their lives (and not get four minutes of awkward screen time before never being seeing again).
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Once the parents are crossed through the pollination process, seeds will form in rose hips (the seed pods of roses) with each seed having the potential to become a new rose.
    Jessica Jordan, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025

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“Hull.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hull. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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