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| 1. | [ noun ] a cavity or space in something | |
| Examples: | "hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks" |
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| Related terms: | cavity | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] not solid; having a space or gap or cavity | |
| Examples: | "a hollow wall" "a hollow tree" "hollow cheeks" "his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year" |
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| Related terms: | solid deep-set deep-set tubular fistular hollowed cavernous empty solidity | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (geography) a small valley between mountains | |
| Synonyms: | holler | |
| Examples: | "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians" |
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| Related terms: | valley dell | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (geography) a depression hollowed out of solid matter | |
| Synonyms: | hole | |
| Related terms: | natural_depression pit burrow pothole rabbit_burrow wormhole gopher_hole kettle excavate | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] devoid of significance or point | |
| Synonyms: | empty vacuous | |
| Examples: | "empty promises" "a hollow victory" "vacuous comments" |
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| Related terms: | meaningless | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] as if echoing in a hollow space | |
| Examples: | "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom" |
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| Related terms: | reverberant | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] deliberately deceptive | |
| Synonyms: | false | |
| Examples: | "hollow (or false) promises" "false pretenses" |
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| Related terms: | insincere | |
| 8. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 22964 | |
| 9. | [ verb ] remove the inner part or the core of | |
| Synonyms: | dig excavate | |
| Examples: | "the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite" |
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| Related terms: | remove drive trench trench mining hole excavation | |
| 10. | [ verb ] remove the interior of | |
| Synonyms: | core_out hollow_out | |
| Examples: | "hollow out a tree trunk" |
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| Related terms: | empty dig rout suck_in core scoop_out cave excavate hole cavern scallop hole | |
| Similar spelling: |
hollo Holloway Holl Howell holloa Holaway Hohl howl Hole holy Hoel Hollaway Hoyle holey holla hallow Holli holly Houle Howle Holle Holley Hooley Howley Hollie |
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