hollow

Plural: hollows

Noun

• a cavity or space in something
  • "hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks"
• a small valley between mountains
  • "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians"
• a depression hollowed out of solid matter
• A small valley between mountains.
• A sunken area on a surface.
• An unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
• A feeling of emptiness.

Verb

Verb Forms: hollowed, hollowing, hollows

• To make a hollow or empty space.
• remove the inner part or the core of
• remove the interior of
  • "hollow out a tree trunk"
• to make a hole in something; to excavate
• To call or urge by shouting; to hollo.

Adjective

• Having an empty space inside; not solid.
• not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
  • "a hollow wall"
  • "a hollow tree"
  • "hollow cheeks"
  • "his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year"

Adjective Satellite

• as if echoing in a hollow space
  • "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom"
• devoid of significance or point
  • "a hollow victory"

Adj

• Having an empty space or cavity inside.
• Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
• Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
• Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
• Concave; gaunt; sunken.
• Pertaining to hollow body position
• Synonym of empty (“lacking between the onset of tasting and the finish”).

Adv

• Completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.

Intj

• Alternative form of hollo.

Examples

• a hollow in a tree trunk
• a hollow in the pit of one’s stomach
• a hollow promise
• a hollow tree; a hollow sphere
• a hollow victory
• He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.
• He let out a hollow moan.
• He tried to hollow out a space on the board for a future seven-letter word.
• His bluff was hollow; she knew he didn’t have the tiles for a bingo.
• the hollow of the hand

Synonyms

core out, dig, empty, excavate, hole, holler, hollow out, vacuous

Antonyms

solid

Related Words

HOLLOWLY

Anagrams of hollow