huls

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Meaning

(feminine,masculine) shell, case (usually cylindrical covering part of an item, in particular of ammunition)
(feminine,masculine) husk (cover of a fruit or nut)

Frequency

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɦʏls/

Etymology

Related to Swedish hylsa, English holster, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *huljaną.

Cognate with English

holster

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Sentences

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de plaats van de moord hadden de onderzoekers een lege huls
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gevonden , maar toch was er niemand neergeschoten .

At the scene of the murder, the investigators had found an empty shell, yet no one had been shot.

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