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hollow
('h/A/l/oU/ )

adjective (a)

  • not solid; having a space or gap or cavity(adj.all)
    Example:
    A hollow wall.
    A hollow tree.
    Hollow cheeks.
    His face became gaunter and more hollow with each year.
    Antonym:
    solid
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

interjection (int)

  • Hollo.(interjection)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a cavity or space in something(noun.shape)
    Example:
    Hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks.
    source: wordnet30
  • a small valley between mountains(noun.object)
    Example:
    He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians.
    Synonym:
    holler
    source: wordnet30
  • a depression hollowed out of solid matter(noun.object)
    Synonym:
    hole
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • Wholly; completely; utterly; -- chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See All, adv.(adverb)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • as if echoing in a hollow space(adj.all)
    Example:
    The hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom.
    source: wordnet30
  • devoid of significance or point(adj.all)
    Example:
    A hollow victory.
    Synonym:
    empty, vacuous
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • remove the inner part or the core of(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    dig, excavate
    source: wordnet30
  • remove the interior of(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Hollow out a tree trunk.
    Synonym:
    core out, hollow out
    source: wordnet30
  • To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To shout; to hollo.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To urge or call by shouting.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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