hollow
adjective
- 1
devoid of significance or point
empty promises
a hollow victory
- 2
as if echoing in a hollow space
the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom
- 3
not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
a hollow wall
a hollow tree
noun
- 1
a depression hollowed out of solid matter
- 2
a small valley between mountains
he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians
- 3
a cavity or space in something
hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks
verb
- 1
remove the interior of
hollow out a tree trunk
- 2
remove the inner part or the core of
the mining company wants to excavate the hillside
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