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English adjective: hollow | |||
| 1. | hollow not solid; having a space or gap or cavity | ||
| Samples | A hollow wall. A hollow tree. Hollow cheeks. His face became gaunter and more hollow with each year. | ||
| Similar | cannular, cavernous, deep-set, fistular, fistulate, fistulous, recessed, sunken, tube-shaped, tubelike, tubular, vasiform | ||
| See also | empty | ||
| Attribute | solidity | ||
| Antonyms | solid | ||
| 2. | hollow as if echoing in a hollow space | ||
| Samples | The hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom. | ||
| Similar | reverberant | ||
| Antonyms | nonresonant, unreverberant | ||
| 3. | hollow devoid of significance or point | ||
| Samples | Empty promises. A hollow victory. Vacuous comments. | ||
| Synonyms | empty, vacuous | ||
| Similar | meaningless, nonmeaningful | ||
| Antonyms | meaningful | ||
English noun: hollow | |||
| 1. | hollow (shape) a cavity or space in something | ||
| Samples | Hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cavity, enclosed space | ||
| 2. | hollow (object) a small valley between mountains | ||
| Samples | He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians. | ||
| Synonyms | holler | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | vale, valley | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dell, dingle | ||
| 3. | hollow (object) a depression hollowed out of solid matter | ||
| Synonyms | hole | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | depression, natural depression | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | burrow, cavity, chuckhole, gopher hole, kettle, kettle hole, pit, pothole, rabbit burrow, rabbit hole, tunnel, wormhole | ||
English verb: hollow | |||
| 1. | hollow (contact) remove the inner part or the core of | ||
| Samples | The mining company wants to excavate the hillside. | ||
| Synonyms | dig, excavate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | remove, take, take away, withdraw | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ditch, drive, trench | ||
| 2. | hollow (contact) remove the interior of | ||
| Samples | Hollow out a tree trunk. | ||
| Examples | They hollow the trees | ||
| Synonyms | core out, hollow out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | empty | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cave, cavern, cavern out, core, dig, dig out, draw in, excavate, gouge, hole, rout, scallop, scollop, scoop out, suck in, undermine | ||
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