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Rarehulls
The correct spelling is hulls.
How to pronounce hulls
noun
IPA: /hʌlz/
Say it like: Hul-ls
The correct spelling is hulls. The outer covering of a fruit or seed. For example: "She sat on the back porch hulling peanuts."
Usage Examples
“She sat on the back porch hulling peanuts.”
“The orthogonal convex hull of an orthogonal polygon is the smallest orthogonally convex polygon that encloses the original polygon.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The outer covering of a fruit or seed.
- 2.Any covering.
- 3.The body or frame of a vessel, such as a ship or plane.
- 4.(of a set A) 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
- 1.To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.
- 2.To drift; to be carried by the impetus of wind or water on the ship's hull alone, with sails furled.
- 3.To hit (a ship) in the hull with cannon fire etc.
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