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hollow

/'hɑloʊ/

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verb
remove the inner part or the core of
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dig excavate

type of:
withdraw take take away remove
noun
a small valley between mountains
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"he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians"

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holler

type of:
vale valley
verb
remove the interior of
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"hollow out a tree trunk"

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core out hollow out

type of:
empty
adjective
devoid of significance or force
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"a hollow victory"

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empty vacuous meaningless nonmeaningful
noun
a depression hollowed out of solid matter
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hole

type of:
natural depression depression
noun
a cavity or space in something
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"hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks"

type of:
enclosed space cavity
adjective
as if echoing in a hollow space
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"the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom"

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reverberant
adjective
lacking in substance or character
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"a hollow person"

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insubstantial unsubstantial unreal
adjective
not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
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"a hollow wall" "a hollow tree" "hollow cheeks" "his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year"

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vasiform cannular cavernous deep-set fistular fistulate fistulous recessed sunken tube-shaped tubelike tubular

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solid

Examples of hollow

"he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians"
"hollow out a tree trunk"
"a hollow victory"
"hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks"
"the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom"
"a hollow person"
"a hollow wall"
"a hollow tree"
"hollow cheeks"
"his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year"