hulled

American  

[huhld] / hʌld /

adjective

1. retaining the hull during threshing; having a persistent enclosing hull.

   hulled wheat.

2. naturally having a hull.

   hulled sesame seeds.

3. having the hull removed.

   hulled strawberries.

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Etymology

Origin of hulled

1570–80 hull ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

She devised a system that hulled and cleaned corn kernels, and then used mechanical pestles or stamping mechanisms to process the kernels into meal that could be used to bake bread and make other food.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Rice kernels are then dried and hulled by machines before they’re packed for sale in factories, lined from floor to ceiling with sacks of rice.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2024

Navy to try and zone in on the signal from this whale, and at the same time had these visual surveyors who were going out on rigid hulled inflatables to try and locate it.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2017

Navy significantly reduced in size, a majority of vessels were classified as “Old Navy,” meaning a mixture of iron hulled and wholly wooden ships.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

Then, at last, they had hulled corn and milk for supper.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder