| 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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