| Main Entry: | hull |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skeleton, body |
Synonyms: |
bark, case, casing, cast, covering, frame, framework, husk, mold, peel, peeling, pod, rind, shell, shuck, skin, structure |
| Main Entry: | body |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bulk; central portion |
Synonyms: |
assembly, basis, bed, box, chassis, core, corpus, crux, essence, frame, fuselage, gist, gravamen, groundwork, hull, main part, majority, mass, material, matter, pith, skeleton, staple, substance, substructure, sum, tenor, total, trunk, whole |
Antonyms: |
nothing, nothingness |
| Main Entry: | casing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering |
Synonyms: |
hull, jacket, sheath, skin, wrapper |
| Main Entry: | crust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stiff outer layer; coating |
Synonyms: |
band, bloom, border, caking, coat, concretion, covering, edge, encrustation, film, hull, incrustation, integument, layer, outside, rind, scab, shell, skin, surface, verge |
| Main Entry: | hulk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large piece, lump; remains |
Synonyms: |
blob, body, bulk, chunk, clod, clump, frame, hull, hunk, mass, ruins, shambles, shell, shipwreck, skeleton, wreck |
Antonyms: |
bit |
| Main Entry: | husk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering, case |
Synonyms: |
aril, bark, case, chaff, glume, hull, outside, pod, rind, shell, shuck, skin |
Antonyms: |
core |
| Main Entry: | pod |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | encasement of vegetable seeds |
Synonyms: |
capsule, case, covering, hull, husk, sheath, sheathing, shell, shuck, skin, vessel |
| Main Entry: | shell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | structure; covering |
Synonyms: |
carapace, case, chassis, crust, frame, framework, hull, husk, integument, nut, pericarp, plastron, pod, scale, shard, shuck, skeleton, skin |
Antonyms: |
center, inside, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | skin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outer covering, especially of animate being |
Synonyms: |
bark, carapace, case, casing, coating, crust, cutis, derma, dermis, epidermis, fell, film, fur, hide, hull, husk, integument, jacket, membrane, outside, parchment, peel, pelt, rind, sheath, sheathing, shell, shuck, slough, surface, tegument, vellum |
| Notes: | skin is the general term for an animal's outer covering; the layer of fur, hair, or wool is the coat; hide is the tough skin of certain large animals that is tanned and made into leather; pelt is untanned skin of fur-bearing animals |
Antonyms: |
body, core, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | skin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove outer covering |
Synonyms: |
abrade, bare, bark, cast, cut off, decorticate, excoriate, exuviate, flay, gall, graze, hull, husk, lay bare, pare, peel, pull off, remove, rind, scale, scalp, scrape, shave, shed, shuck, slough, strip, trim |
Antonyms: |
cover |