Definition of "hollow"
- adjective
Having an empty space or cavity inside.
Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
- noun
A small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies".
A sunken area in something solid.
A sunken area, the equivalent to a copse in British English.
A feeling of emptiness.
- verb
To make a hole in something; to excavate (transitive).
To urge or call by shouting; to hollo.
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