hollow
IPA: hˈɑɫoʊ
noun
- (geography) A small valley between mountains.
- A sunken area on a surface.
- An unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
- (figuratively) A feeling of emptiness.
verb
- (transitive) to make a hole in something; to excavate
- To call or urge by shouting; to hollo.
adjective
- (of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.
- (of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
- (figuratively) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
- (figuratively) Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
- Concave; gaunt; sunken.
- (gymnastics) Pertaining to hollow body position
adverb
- (colloquial) Completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.
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Examples of "hollow" in Sentences
- The hole was hollow.
- The body of the instrument is made of a hollow gourd.
- Overburden is deposited in nearby valleys and hollows.
- It builds nests in tree hollows or litter of epiphyte.
- The balls are hollow and have two small antipodal holes.
- The atomizer includes a hollow piston having a hollow piston rod.
- He hides the body in the hollow of a tree and cements up the opening.
- A sprayer has a hollow housing with an inlet port and an outlet opening.
- Hollow and interspaces are the results of the form of the installations.
- A sprayer is connected to the hollow carrying handle and to the reservoir.
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