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Hollow Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Hollow? [n] a depression hollowed out of solid matter [n] a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians" [n] a cavity or space in something; "hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks" [adj] devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments" [adj] as if echoing in a hollow space; "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom" [adj] deliberately deceptive; "hollow (or false) promises"; "false pretenses" [adj] not solid; having a space or gap or cavity; "a hollow wall"; "a hollow tree"; "hollow cheeks"; "his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year" [v] remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk" [v] remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Hollow: cannular \| cavernous \| core out \| deep-set \| empty \| false \| fistular \| fistulate \| fistulous \| hole \| holler \| hollow out \| hollowed \| insincere \| meaningless \| recessed \| reverberant \| ringing \| sunken \| tubular \| vacuous Related Terms \| Find terms related to Hollow: absurd \| abysm \| abyss \| alveolation \| alveolus \| antrum \| aperture \| apparently sound \| arid \| armpit \| artificial \| bare \| baritone \| barren \| basin \| bass \| blah \| bland \| blank \| bleached \| bloodless \| boatlike \| boat-shaped \| booth \| bootless \| bowl \| bowllike \| bowl-shaped \| box \| broaching \| casuistic \| cave \| cave in \| cavelike \| cavern \| cavernous \| cavity \| cell \| cellule \| chamber \| characterless \| chasm \| check \| clear \| clearing \| cleft \| cold \| colorable \| colorless \| compartment \| concave \| concaved \| concavity \| contralto \| costly \| counterfeit \| crack \| crater \| craterlike \| crevasse \| crib \| crypt \| cup \| cupped \| cup-shaped \| cymbiform \| cynical \| dale \| dead \| deceitful \| deceptive \| deep \| deep-echoing \| deepmouthed \| deep-pitched \| deep-toned \| dell \| dent \| 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\| withdraw \| wormhole Hollow In Webster's Dictionary \Hol"low\, a. [OE. holow, holgh, holf, AS. holh a hollow, hole. Cf. {Hole}.] 1. Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere. Hollow with boards shalt thou make it. --Ex. xxvii. 8. 2. Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken. With hollow eye and wrinkled brow. --Shak. 3. Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar. --Dryden. 4. Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend. --Milton. {Hollow newel} (Arch.), an opening in the center of a winding staircase in place of a newel post, the stairs being supported by the wall; an open newel; also, the stringpiece or rail winding around the well of such a staircase. {Hollow quoin} (Engin.), a pier of stone or brick made behind the lock gates of a canal, and containing a hollow or recess to receive the ends of the gates. {Hollow root}. (Bot.) See {Moschatel}. {Hollow square}. See {Square}. {Hollow ware}, hollow vessels; -- a trade name for cast-iron kitchen utensils, earthenware, etc. Syn: Syn.- Concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false; faithless; deceitful; treacherous. \Hol"low\, n. 1. A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree. 2. A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel. Forests grew Upon the barren hollows. --Prior. I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood. --Tennyson. \Hol"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hollowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hollowing}.] To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate. ``Trees rudely hollowed.'' --Dryden. \Hol"low\, adv. Wholly; completely; utterly; -- chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See {All}, adv. [Collog.] The more civilized so-called Caucasian races have beaten the Turks hollow in the struggle for existence. --Darwin. \Hol*low"\, interj. [See {Hollo}.] Hollo. \Hol"low\, v. i. To shout; to hollo. Whisperings and hollowings are alike to a deaf ear. --Fuller. \Hol"low\, v. t. To urge or call by shouting. He has hollowed the hounds. --Sir W. Scott.

Hollow Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hollow?

[n] a depression hollowed out of solid matter
[n] a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians"
[n] a cavity or space in something; "hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks"
[adj] devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"
[adj] as if echoing in a hollow space; "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom"
[adj] deliberately deceptive; "hollow (or false) promises"; "false pretenses"
[adj] not solid; having a space or gap or cavity; "a hollow wall"; "a hollow tree"; "hollow cheeks"; "his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year"
[v] remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk"
[v] remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite"

Hollow In Webster's Dictionary

\Hol"low\, a. [OE. holow, holgh, holf, AS. holh a hollow,
hole. Cf. {Hole}.]
1. Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial,
   within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the
   interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere.

         Hollow with boards shalt thou make it. --Ex. xxvii.
                                               8.

2. Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.

         With hollow eye and wrinkled brow.    --Shak.

3. Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound;
   deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar. --Dryden.

4. Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as,
   a hollow heart; a hollow friend. --Milton.

{Hollow newel} (Arch.), an opening in the center of a winding
   staircase in place of a newel post, the stairs being
   supported by the wall; an open newel; also, the
   stringpiece or rail winding around the well of such a
   staircase.

{Hollow quoin} (Engin.), a pier of stone or brick made behind
   the lock gates of a canal, and containing a hollow or
   recess to receive the ends of the gates.

{Hollow root}. (Bot.) See {Moschatel}.

{Hollow square}. See {Square}.

{Hollow ware}, hollow vessels; -- a trade name for cast-iron
   kitchen utensils, earthenware, etc.

Syn: Syn.- Concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false;
     faithless; deceitful; treacherous.


\Hol"low\, n.
1. A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within
   anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow
   of the hand or of a tree.

2. A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a
   surface; a concavity; a channel.

         Forests grew Upon the barren hollows. --Prior.

         I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood.
                                               --Tennyson.


\Hol"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hollowed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Hollowing}.]
To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to
excavate. ``Trees rudely hollowed.'' --Dryden.


\Hol"low\, adv.
Wholly; completely; utterly; -- chiefly after the verb to
beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all
hollow. See {All}, adv. [Collog.]

      The more civilized so-called Caucasian races have
      beaten the Turks hollow in the struggle for existence.
                                               --Darwin.


\Hol*low"\, interj. [See {Hollo}.]
Hollo.


\Hol"low\, v. i.
To shout; to hollo.

      Whisperings and hollowings are alike to a deaf ear.
                                               --Fuller.


\Hol"low\, v. t.
To urge or call by shouting.

      He has hollowed the hounds.              --Sir W.
                                               Scott.

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