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

How does Liberica excelsa taste when it’s dried, hulled and roasted?

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2023

She said the sanction was being applied in response to Mexico’s “continued failure to combat unauthorized fishing activities by small hulled vessels in U.S. waters.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2022

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