Hull vs. Keel — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hull and Keel
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Hull
The dry outer covering of a fruit, seed, or nut; a husk.
Keel
The keel is the bottom-most longitudinal structural element on a vessel. On some sailboats, it may have a hydrodynamic and counterbalancing purpose, as well.
Hull
The persistent calyx of a fruit, such as a strawberry, that is usually green and easily detached.
Keel
The lengthwise timber or steel structure along the base of a ship, supporting the framework of the whole, in some vessels extended downwards as a ridge to increase stability.
Hull
(Nautical)The frame or body of a ship, exclusive of masts, engines, or superstructure.
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Keel
A ridge along the breastbone of many birds to which the flight muscles are attached; the carina.
Hull
The main body of various other large vehicles, such as a tank, airship, or flying boat.
Keel
A prow-shaped pair of petals present in flowers of the pea family.
Hull
The outer casing of a rocket, guided missile, or spaceship.
Keel
A flat-bottomed boat of a kind formerly used on the Tyne and Wear Rivers for loading ships carrying coal.
Hull
To remove the hulls of (fruit or seeds).
Keel
(of a boat or ship) turn over on its side; capsize
It's going to take more wind to make this boat keel over
Hull
The outer covering of a fruit or seed.
Keel
The principal structural member of a boat or ship, running along the center of the hull from bow to stern, to which the ribs are attached.
Hull
Any covering.
Keel
A projecting ridge or fin on the bottom of the hull of a boat or ship that improves directional control and is often weighted for added stability.
Hull
The body or frame of a vessel, such as a ship or plane.
Keel
The principal structural member of an aircraft, resembling a ship's keel in shape and function.
Hull
The smallest set that possesses a particular property (such as convexity) and contains every point of A; slightly more formally, the intersection of all sets which possess the specified property and of which A is a subset.
The orthogonal convex hull of an orthogonal polygon is the smallest orthogonally convex polygon that encloses the original polygon.
Holomorphically convex hull; affine hull; injective hull
Keel
A structure, such as the breastbone of a bird, that resembles a ship's keel in function or shape.
Hull
To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.
She sat on the back porch hulling peanuts.
Keel
A pair of united petals in certain flowers, as those of many members of the pea family.
Hull
To drift; to be carried by the impetus of wind or water on the ship's hull alone, with sails furled.
Keel
A sail-powered barge, especially one historically used on the rivers of northern England.
Hull
(transitive) To hit (a ship) in the hull with cannon fire etc.
Keel
The load capacity of this barge.
Hull
The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.
Keel
A British unit of weight formerly used for coal, equal to about 21.2 long tons.
Hull
The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging.
Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light.
Keel
To capsize or cause to capsize.
Hull
To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument; as, to hull corn.
Keel
To make cool.
Hull
To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.
Keel
(nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
Hull
To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails.
Keel
(nautical) A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.
Hull
Dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut
Keel
(aeronautics) In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
Hull
Persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry
Keel
(by extension) The rigid bottom part of something else, especially an iceberg.
Hull
United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843)
Keel
(nautical) A type of flat-bottomed boat.
Hull
United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955)
Keel
(zoology) The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge.
Hull
A large fishing port in northeastern England
Keel
(botany) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina.
Hull
The frame or body of ship
Keel
(brewing) A broad, flat vessel used for cooling liquids; a brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
Hull
Remove the hulls from;
Hull the berries
Keel
(Scotland) Red chalk; ruddle.
Keel
To collapse, to fall
He keeled over after having a stroke.
Keel
To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
Keel
To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
Keel
To cool; make cool; to cool by stirring or skimming in order to keep from boiling over.
While greasy Joan doth keel the pot (Shakespeare)
Keel
To moderate the ardour or intensity of; assuage; to appease, pacify, or lessen.
Keel
To become cool; cool down.
Keel
To mark with ruddle.
Keel
Pronunciation spelling of kill
Keel
To cool; to skim or stir.
While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
Keel
To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
Keel
To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
Keel
A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
Keel
A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel. It is the principal timber of the vessel, and, by means of the ribs attached on each side, supports the vessel's frame. In an iron vessel, a combination of plates supplies the place of the keel of a wooden ship. See Illust. of Keelson.
Keel
Fig.: The whole ship.
Keel
A barge or lighter, used on the Tyne for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt.
Keel
The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina.
Keel
A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface.
Keel
In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aëroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
Keel
The median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly
Keel
One of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability
Keel
Walk as if unable to control one's movements;
The drunken man staggered into the room
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