hulls
Ships' watertight bodies
Hulls are outer coverings removed to get at what's inside.
The hull of a seed or grain is its husk or shell: hull strawberries, sunflower seed hulls.
The hull of a ship or aircraft is its main body or frame—the shell that holds everything else.
To hull is to remove the hull from seeds or fruit.
Dry seed covering
- branCereal grain husk
- chaffProtective seed coverings
- testaOuter seed integument
- pericarpMature ovary wall
grain · rice · oats · barley · wheat · buckwheat · millet · quinoa
Hull's structural base
- bowRespectful forward inclination
- sternStrict or ship's aft
- deckShip's flat surface
- plankingWooden boards collectively
bilge · gunwale · bulkhead · waterline · freeboard · strake · ribs · timbers
Extracting grain from stalks
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
- harvestGathering mature crops
- winnowingSeparating grain from chaff
- dehullingRemoving seed's outer layer
grain · chaff · crop · milling · processing · storage · byproduct · animal feed
Unwanted discarded material
- chaffProtective seed coverings
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- remnantsWhat stays after most goes
- byproductSecondary outcome of production
scraps · refuse · leftovers · detritus · discards · sweepings · residue · castoffs
Surface metal application
- reinforcedMade more resistant
- armoredProtected by metal covering
- protectiveServing to guard
- shieldingProtecting from harm
composite · kevlar · ballistic · vehicle · tank · warship · battleship · ironclad
husk
Dry seed covering
pericarp · grain · rice · oats · barley · wheat · buckwheat · millet · quinoa · legume
keel
Hull's structural base
planking · bilge · gunwale · bulkhead · waterline · freeboard · strake · ribs · timbers · caulking
threshing
Extracting grain from stalks
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
- harvestGathering mature crops
- winnowingSeparating grain from chaff
dehulling · grain · chaff · crop · milling · processing · storage · byproduct · animal feed · biomass
waste
Unwanted discarded material
byproduct · scraps · refuse · leftovers · detritus · discards · sweepings · residue · castoffs
plating
Surface metal application
- reinforcedMade more resistant
- armoredProtected by metal covering
- protectiveServing to guard
shielding · composite · kevlar · ballistic · vehicle · tank · warship · battleship · ironclad · penetration
- Yachtingyacht racing, yacht clubs, regattas, sailboats, sailing vessels
- maritimeships, ship, boat, boats, anchors
- maritime historysailors, ships, seamen, sailing ships, celestial navigation
- nauticalanchor, anchor chain, anchors, boat, boats
- seafaringship, sailors, ships, sail, sailor
- outer layersshell, shells, skin, skins, bark
hullsinteriors
Inner parts of spaces
cabins · holds · innards · decks · compartments
- narrow hull
- wooden hullShip's lumber outer structure
- hull breachOuter shell compromised
- hull integrityVessel's outer shell condition
- boat hullVessel's main body structure
- ship hullsVessels' main structural bodies