hollow

Definitions

1. 1adjective

   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. 2adjective

   Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.

3. 3adjective

   Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar.

4. 4adjective

   Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend.

5. 5noun

   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.

6. 6noun

   A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel.

7. 7transitive verb

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

8. 8adverb

   Wholly; completely; utterly; -- chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See All, adv.

9. 9interjection

   Hollo.

10. 10intransitive verb

    To shout; to hollo.

11. 11transitive verb

    To urge or call by shouting.

12. 12noun

    a depression hollowed out of solid matter

    Synonyms

    hole
13. 13noun

    a small valley between mountains

    "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians"

    Synonyms

    holler
14. 14noun

    a cavity or space in something

    "hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks"

15. 15verb

    remove the interior of

    "hollow out a tree trunk"

16. 16verb

    remove the inner part or the core of

    "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"

    Synonyms

    digexcavate
17. 17adjective

    devoid of significance or point

    "empty promises"

    "a hollow victory"

    Synonyms

    emptyvacuous
18. 18adjective

    as if echoing in a hollow space

    "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom"

19. 19adjective

    not solid; having a space or gap or cavity

    "a hollow wall"

    "a hollow tree"