hull
noun/hʌl/
/hʌl/
- the main, bottom part of a ship, that goes in the water
- a wooden/steel hull
- They climbed onto the upturned hull and waited to be rescued.
Word Originnoun Middle English: perhaps the same word as hull(verb), or related to hold ‘compartment of a ship or aircraft used to store cargo’.Definitions on the go
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