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 Plural for an abandoned ship 
      “I was kept on a derelict hulk on the Thames, and no-one told me how long it would be before I was moved on.” 
  
Plural for a disused and dilapidated structure, or the remains of one 
      “There is the hospital that had been the newly built pride of its community, reduced to a burned-out hulk.” 
  
Plural for the body or chassis of a vessel, structure or machine 
      “Kirstie peered towards the west at the dark hulk of an abandoned building in the distance.” 
  
Plural for a large, clumsy-looking person 
      “What do I care if a sister of mine dates a clumsy hulk?” 
  
Plural for someone or something that is very large in physical size 
      “The second fellow was a monstrous hulk of a man who dwarfed the others.” 
  
Plural for a large and muscular man, especially one interested in bodybuilding 
Plural for the rigid supporting structure of an object such as a vehicle, building, or piece of furniture 
Plural for a vessel for traveling over water 
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