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Meaning of 'hollow' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hollow [ a.]
- Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere.
- Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
- Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar.
- Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend.
2 . Hollow [ adv.]
- Wholly; completely; utterly; -- chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See All, adv.
3 . Hollow [ interj.]
- Hollo.
4 . Hollow [ n.]
- A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree.
- A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel.
5 . Hollow [ v. i.]
- To shout; to hollo.
6 . Hollow [ v. t.]
- To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate.
- To urge or call by shouting.

Meaning of 'hollow' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . hollow [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a small valley between mountains
Example in sentence:
  • he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians
Meaning (2):
- a cavity or space in something
Example in sentence:
  • hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks
3 . hollow [ v]
Meaning (3):
- remove the interior of
Example in sentence:
  • hollow out a tree trunk
Meaning (4):
- remove the inner part or the core of
Example in sentence:
  • the mining company wants to excavate the hillside
5 . hollow [ a]
Meaning (5):
- not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
Example in sentence:
  • a hollow tree;
  • a hollow wall;
  • his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year;
  • hollow cheeks
6 . hollow [ s]
Meaning (6):
- lacking in substance or character
Example in sentence:
  • a hollow person
Meaning (7):
- devoid of significance or force
Example in sentence:
  • a hollow victory;
  • empty promises;
  • vacuous comments
Meaning (8):
- as if echoing in a hollow space
Example in sentence:
  • the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom

Nearby Words:

hol holaspidean holcad hold holdback holden holder holder-forth holdfast holding

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