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Meaning of hollow in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈhɑloʊ/

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  1. Verb

    hollow

    Definitions

    1. remove the inner part or the core of

    Examples

    • « the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite »
  2. 2. remove the interior of

    Examples

    • « hollow out a tree trunk »
  3. Classifying Adjective

    hollow

    Definitions

    1. deliberately deceptive

    Examples

    • « hollow (or false) promises »
    • « false pretenses »

    Synonyms

    • insincere
  4. 2. as if echoing in a hollow space

    Examples

    • « the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom »

    Synonyms

    • reverberant
    • ringing
  5. 3. devoid of significance or point

    Examples

    • « empty promises »
    • « a hollow victory »
    • « vacuous comments »

    Synonyms

    • meaningless
    • nonmeaningful
  6. Noun

    hollow

    Definitions

    1. a cavity or space in something

    Examples

    • « hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks »
  7. 2. a small valley between mountains

    Examples

    • « he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians »
  8. 3. a depression hollowed out of solid matter
  9. Qualitative Adjective

    hollow

    Etymology

    Old English holh ‘cave’; obscurely related to hole

    Definitions

    1. not solid

    Examples

    • « 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 »

    Synonyms

    • cavernous
    • deep-set
    • sunken
    • recessed
    • empty
    • fistular
    • fistulate
    • fistulous
    • hollowed
    • tubular
    • cannular

    Antonyms

    • solid

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