Meanings
plural rice hulls
- The hard protecting covering of a grain of rice.
Synonyms: rice husk
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe hard protecting covering of a grain of rice.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 稻殼 /稻壳
- 稻殼 /稻壳 (dàoké)hard protecting covering of a grain of rice
Finnish riisin kuori
- riisin kuorihard protecting covering of a grain of rice
French balle de riz
- balle de rizhard protecting covering of a grain of rice
Persian شلتوک
- شلتوک (šaltuk)hard protecting covering of a grain of rice
Russian ри́совая шелуха́
- ри́совая шелуха́ (rísovaja šeluxá)hard protecting covering of a grain of rice
Spanish cascarilla de arroz
- cascarilla de arrozhard protecting covering of a grain of rice
Tagalog kiskisan, ipa
- kiskisanhard protecting covering of a grain of rice
- ipahard protecting covering of a grain of rice
Thai แกลบ
- แกลบ (glɛ̀ɛp)hard protecting covering of a grain of rice
Vietnamese trấu
- trấuhard protecting covering of a grain of rice
Cite this entry
rice hull. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rice%20hull
“rice hull.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rice%20hull. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rice hull,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rice%20hull.
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