NOUN | shape | hollow | a cavity or space in something |
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object | hollow, holler | a small valley between mountains | |
object | hollow, hole | a depression hollowed out of solid matter | |
ADJECTIVE | all | hollow | not solid |
all | hollow | as if echoing in a hollow space | |
all | hollow, empty, vacuous | devoid of significance or point | |
all | hollow | lacking in substance or character | |
VERB | contact | hollow, excavate, dig | remove the inner part or the core of |
contact | hollow, hollow out, core out | remove the interior of |
Sounds | hhaa'low | |
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Rhymes | afterglow ... yellow: 77 rhymes with low... |
Meaning | not solid; having a space or gap / gap or cavity. | |
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Attribute of | solidity | state of having the interior filled with matter |
Narrower | cavernous | Being or suggesting a cavern |
deep-set, sunken, recessed | Having a sunken area | |
fistular, fistulate, fistulous | Hollow and tube-shaped like a reed | |
tubular, cannular, tubelike, tube-shaped, vasiform | Constituting a tube | |
See also | empty | holding or containing nothing |
Opposite | solid | entirely / entirely of one substance with no holes inside |
Spanish | hueco | |
Catalan | buit | |
Nouns | hollow | a depression hollowed out of solid matter |
hollow | a small valley between mountains | |
hollow | a cavity or space in something | |
hollowness | the state of being hollow |
Meaning | As if echoing in a hollow space. | |
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Example | "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom" | |
Broader | reverberant | Having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected |
Spanish | resonante, sordo | |
Adverbs | hollowly | in a hollow manner |
Meaning | Devoid of significance or point. | |
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Example | "a hollow victory" | |
Synonyms | empty, vacuous | |
Broader | meaningless, nonmeaningful | Having no meaning / meaning or direction or purpose |
Spanish | vacío, vano | |
Catalan | buit, va | |
Nouns | hollowness | the quality of not being open or truthful |
Adverbs | hollowly | in a hollow manner |
Meaning | Lacking in substance or character. | |
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Example | "a hollow person" | |
Broader | insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal | lacking material form or substance |
Meaning | A cavity or space in something. | |
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Example | "hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks" | |
Broader | cavity, enclosed space | Space that is surrounded by something |
Spanish | hueco | |
Catalan | clot | |
Adjectives | hollow | not solid |
Meaning | A small valley between mountains. | |
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Example | "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians" | |
Synonym | holler | |
Narrower | dell, dingle | A small wooded hollow |
Broader | valley, vale | A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river |
Spanish | hondonada | |
Catalan | fondalada | |
Adjectives | hollow | not solid |
Meaning | A depression hollowed out of solid matter. | |
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Synonym | hole | |
Narrower | burrow, tunnel | A hole made by an animal, usually for shelter / shelter |
gopher hole | A hole in the ground made by gophers | |
kettle hole, kettle | (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits | |
pit, cavity | A sizeable hole (usually in the ground) | |
pothole, chuckhole | A pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface) | |
rabbit burrow, rabbit hole | A hole in the ground as a nest made by wild rabbits | |
wormhole | hole made by a burrowing worm | |
Broader | natural depression, depression | A sunken or depressed geological formation |
Spanish | hoya, hoyo, hueco, socavón | |
Catalan | clot, foia, forat, sot | |
Adjectives | hollow | not solid |
Verbs | hollow | remove the interior of |
hollow | remove the inner part or the core of |
Meaning | Remove the inner part or the core of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | excavate, dig | |
Narrower | drive | Excavate horizontally |
trench, ditch | cut a trench in, as for drainage | |
Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
Spanish | cavar, excavar | |
Catalan | cavar | |
Nouns | hollow | a depression hollowed out of solid matter |
Meaning | Remove the interior of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Model | They hollow the trees | |
Example | "hollow out a tree trunk" | |
Synonyms | hollow out, core out | |
Narrower | cave, undermine | hollow out as if making a cave or opening |
cavern, cavern out | hollow out as if making a cavern | |
core | Remove the core or center from | |
dig, dig out | create by digging | |
excavate | form by hollowing | |
hole | make holes in | |
rout, gouge | make a groove in | |
scallop, scollop | form scallops in | |
scoop out | hollow out with a scoop | |
suck in, draw in | draw in as if by suction | |
Broader | empty | make void or empty of contents |
Spanish | ahuecar, excavar | |
Catalan | excavar | |
Nouns | hollow | a depression hollowed out of solid matter |
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