hollow
1. a cavity or space in something (Freq. 2)
- hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks
• Hypernyms:
cavity, enclosed space
2. a small valley between mountains (Freq. 1)
- he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians
• Syn:
holler
• Hypernyms:
valley, vale
• Hyponyms:
dell, dingle
3. a depression hollowed out of solid matter (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
hole
• Hypernyms:
natural depression, depression
• Hyponyms:
burrow, tunnel, gopher hole, kettle hole, kettle,
kettle, cavity, pothole, chuckhole, rabbit burrow,
rabbit hole, wormhole
1. remove the interior of
- hollow out a tree trunk
• Syn:
hollow out, core out
• Hypernyms:
empty
• Hyponyms:
rout, gouge, scallop, scollop, hole,
suck in, draw in, scoop out, cavern, cavern out, cave,
undermine, dig, dig out, excavate, core
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They hollow the trees
2. remove the inner part or the core of
- the mining company wants to excavate the hillside
• Syn:
excavate, dig
• Derivationally related forms:
dig (for: dig), excavation (for: excavate)
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Hyponyms:
drive, trench, ditch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
1. not solid;
having a space or gap or cavity (Freq. 1)
- a hollow wall
- a hollow tree
- hollow cheeks
- his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year
• Ant:
solid
• Similar to:
cavernous, deep-set, sunken, recessed, fistular,
fistular, fistulous, tubular, cannular, tubelike,
tube-shaped, vasiform
• See Also:
empty
• Derivationally related forms:
hollowness
• Attrubites:
solidity
2. as if echoing in a hollow space (Freq. 1)
- the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom
• Similar to:
reverberant
3. devoid of significance or point (Freq. 1)
- empty promises
- a hollow victory
- vacuous comments
• Syn:
empty, vacuous
• Similar to:
meaningless, nonmeaningful
• Derivationally related forms:
vacuity (for: vacuous), hollowness, emptiness (for: empty)
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