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

An illustration of Mr. Moore appears on the packaging for each of his brand’s more than 400 products, from hulled millet to yellow popcorn, next to the tagline, “To Your Good Health.”

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2024

Toasted Buckwheat Groats with Fresh Sheep Cheese and Pickled Rhubarb Buckwheat groats are the hulled seeds of the plant.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2022

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

Sometimes they had hulled corn for breakfast, with maple syrup, and sometimes Ma fried the soft kernels in pork drippings.

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