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

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

“Canoes,” by Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims, tells the story of canoes in North America, from the birch-barks of the Native Americans to the synthetic hulled canoes of modern times.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2017

For supper, now, they often had hulled corn and milk.

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