dehulls

Strips outer coverings

Dehulls means removes the hull or outer covering from seeds, grains, or nuts.

The hull is the tough protective layer surrounding the edible portion—rice, oats, sunflower seeds, and soybeans are commonly dehulled before processing or consumption.

The machine dehulls thousands of pounds of barley per hour.

processing

shelling

Sustained artillery attack

peeling · polishing · abrading · scarifying · sifting · cleaning · milling · grinding · separating · refining

grains

barley

Grain for malt

  • oatsCereal grain for porridge
  • wheatCereal crop for flour
  • riceStaple cereal grain

millet · sorghum · buckwheat · spelt · rye · quinoa · amaranth · teff · groats · kernels

oilseeds

sunflower seeds

Edible kernels from tall blooms

safflower · rapeseed · flaxseed · cottonseed · peanuts · kernels · oil extraction · pressing · expelling

legumes

soybeans

Protein-rich Asian legume

mung beans · black beans · pigeon peas · fava beans · cowpeas · lupins · split peas · dal · cotyledon · seed coat

equipment

combine

Merge, or harvesting machine

millstone · quern · gristmill · destoner · aspirator

Opposites
processing action

dehullshulls

Protective outer coverings

encases · coats · covers · shells · wraps

agricultural lifecycle stage

dehullsplants

Photosynthesizing rooted organisms

sows · seeds · cultivates · grows · harvests

Family

dehull, dehulled, dehulling

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G