hollow

/hษ‘lษš/

IPA: /HH AA1 L OW0/

noun
  1. 1

    A small valley between mountains.

    โ€œHe built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.โ€

  2. 2

    A sunken area or unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.

    โ€œthe hollow of the hand or of a treeโ€

  3. 3

    A sunken area.

  4. 4

    A feeling of emptiness.

    โ€œa hollow in the pit of one's stomachโ€

verb
  1. 1

    To make a hole in something; to excavate

adjective
  1. 1

    (of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.

    โ€œa hollow tree; a hollow sphereโ€

  2. 2

    (of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.

    โ€œHe let out a hollow moan.โ€

  3. 3

    Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.

    โ€œa hollow victoryโ€

  4. 4

    Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.

    โ€œa hollow promiseโ€

  5. 5

    Concave; gaunt; sunken.

  6. 6

    Pertaining to hollow body position

adverb
  1. 1

    Completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.

interjection
  1. 1

    Hey, hello

verb
  1. 1

    To call or urge by shouting; to hollo.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hollow