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Definition of Hollow

1. Noun. A cavity or space in something. "Hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks"

2. Verb. Remove the inner part or the core of. "They hollow the trees"; "The mining company wants to excavate the hillside"

3. Adjective. Not solid; having a space or gap or cavity. "His face became gaunter and more hollow with each year"

4. Noun. A small valley between mountains. "He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians"

5. Verb. Remove the interior of. "They hollow the trees"; "Hollow out a tree trunk"

6. Adjective. As if echoing in a hollow space. "The hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom"

7. Noun. A depression hollowed out of solid matter.

8. Adjective. Devoid of significance or point. "Vacuous comments"

Definition of Hollow

1. 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.

2. 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.

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

4. 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.

5. interj. Hollo.

6. v. i. To shout; to hollo.

7. v. t. To urge or call by shouting.

Definition of Hollow

1. not solid [adj -LOWER, -LOWEST] : HOLLOWLY [adv] / to make hollow [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: hollow

Medical Definition of Hollow

1. 1. 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. 2. A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel. "Forests grew Upon the barren hollows." (Prior) "I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood." (Tennyson) 1. 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. "Hollow with boards shalt thou make it." (Ex. Xxvii. 8) 2. Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken. "With hollow eye and wrinkled brow." (Shak) 3. Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar. 4. Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend. Hollow newel, a pier of stone or brick made behind the lock gates of a canal, and containing a hollow or recess to receive the ends of the gates. Hollow root. See Moschatel. Hollow square. See Square. Hollow ware, hollow vessels; a trade name for cast-iron kitchen utensils, earthenware, etc. Synonym: Concave, sunken, low, vacant, empty, void, false, faithless, deceitful, treacherous. Origin: OE. Holow, holgh, holf, AS. Holh a hollow, hole. Cf. Hole. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hollow

hollies hollo holloa holloaed holloaing holloas holloed holloes holloing holloo

hollooed hollooing holloos hollos hollow (current term) hollow (current term) hollow-back hollow-eyed hollow-hearted hollow-horned

holloware hollowares hollowed hollower hollowest hollowing hollowly hollowness hollownesses hollows

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