hollow

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Synonyms: hallow, follow, hollo, holloo, holloa, collow, hollon, hollos

Antonyms: hallow, follow, hollo, holloo, holloa, collow, hollon, hollos

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Noun

1. A small valley between mountains.
   • He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.
2. A sunken area on a surface.
   • He held the chick in the hollow of his hand.
3. An unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
   • a hollow in a tree trunk
4. A feeling of emptiness.
   • a hollow in the pit of one’s stomach

Verb

1. to make a hole in something; to excavate

Adjective

1. Having an empty space or cavity inside.
   • a hollow tree; a hollow sphere
2. Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
   • He let out a hollow moan.
3. Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
   • a hollow victory
4. Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
   • a hollow promise
5. Concave; gaunt; sunken.
6. Pertaining to hollow body position
7. Synonym of empty (“lacking between the onset of tasting and the finish”).

Adverb

1. Completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.

Verb

1. To call or urge by shouting; to hollo.

Interjection

1. Alternative form of hollo.

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