Uk English Meaning of hollow

hollow

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Definitions and Meaning of hollow in English

Wordnet

hollow (n)

a cavity or space in something

a small valley between mountains

a depression hollowed out of solid matter

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hollow (v)

remove the inner part or the core of

remove the interior of

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hollow (a)

not solid; having a space or gap or cavity

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hollow (s)

as if echoing in a hollow space

devoid of significance or force

lacking in substance or character

Webster

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.

Webster

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.

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hollow (v. t.)

To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate.

To urge or call by shouting.

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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.

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hollow (interj.)

Hollo.

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hollow (v. i.)

To shout; to hollo.

FAQs About the word hollow

hollow

a cavity or space in something, a small valley between mountains, a depression hollowed out of solid matter, remove the inner part or the core of, remove the in

concave,sunken,cupped,dented,depressed,dimpled,Dished,Indented,recessed,alveolar

bulbous,convex,projecting,protuberant,risen,swollen,ballooning,bloated,blown-up,bulging

holloing => hollowing, holloed => hollowed, holloa => hello, hollo => hollow, hollerith card => Hollerith card,