décortiquer — meaning in English
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English meaning
- hull noun The main body of a ship, boat, or aircraft.
- peel verb To remove the skin or outer layer from something.
- shale noun A soft, fine-grained sedimentary rock that splits easily into thin layers.
- shell noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.
- shuck noun The outer shell or husk of something, such as corn or a nut.
Senses
décortiquer is used for these senses in English:
- decorticate (transitive, ergative) To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something.
- hull To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.
- peel (transitive) To remove the skin or outer covering of.
- shale To take off the shell or coat of.
- shuck (transitive, intransitive, slang) To fool; to hoax.
hull — full definition
- noun The main body of a ship, boat, or aircraft.
- noun The outer covering of a seed, fruit, or nut.
- verb To remove the outer covering from a seed or fruit.
peel — full definition
- verb To remove the skin or outer layer from something.
- verb To come away in strips or flakes, especially of skin or paint.
- noun The skin or outer layer of a fruit or vegetable.