Hollow - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈhɑːləʊ|  American pronunciation of the word hollow
Brit.  |ˈhɒləʊ|  British pronunciation of the word hollow

noun

- a cavity or space in something
hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks
- a small valley between mountains (syn: holler)
he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians
- a depression hollowed out of solid matter (syn: hole)

verb

- remove the inner part or the core of (syn: dig, excavate)
- remove the interior of
hollow out a tree trunk

adjective

- as if echoing in a hollow space
the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom
- devoid of significance or force (syn: empty, vacuous)
a hollow victory
- lacking in substance or character
a hollow person

Extra examples

The owls nested in the hollow of a tree.

...made a little hollow in her mound of mashed potatoes and filled it with gravy...

There was a hollow spot in the field.

...there's a noticeably hollow spot in the mattress where he has been sleeping...

They hollowed the log to make a canoe.

A victory over a weakling is hollow and without triumph.

You can make a good if rough boat by hollowing out the trunk of a tree.

She hollowed her hands into the form of a binocular glass.

Her cheeks seemed to hollow in, and her chin shook.

There was a hollow thump as the cars collided.

They won, but it was a hollow victory.

Even as he spoke, Ivan was well aware of the hollow ring to his words.

Make a slight hollow in the middle of each cake.

The steps were hollowed by centuries of use.

It must be getting towards dinner-time; I'm feeling pretty hollow.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: hollow
he/she/it: hollows
present participle: hollowing
past tense: hollowed
past participle: hollowed
noun
singular: hollow
plural: hollows
adjective
comparative: hollower
superlative: hollowest
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