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Hollow   /hˈɑloʊ/   Listen
Hollow

adjective
1.
Not solid; having a space or gap or cavity.  "A hollow tree" , "Hollow cheeks" , "His face became gaunter and more hollow with each year"  Antonym: solid.
2.
As if echoing in a hollow space.
3.
Devoid of significance or point.  Synonyms: empty, vacuous.  "A hollow victory" , "Vacuous comments"
noun
1.
A cavity or space in something.
2.
A small valley between mountains.  Synonym: holler.
3.
A depression hollowed out of solid matter.  Synonym: hole.
verb
(past & past part. hollowed; pres. part. hollowing)
1.
Remove the inner part or the core of.  Synonyms: dig, excavate.
2.
Remove the interior of.  Synonyms: core out, hollow out.



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"Hollow" Quotes from Famous Books



... the snows were melting in the woods, he was told by Mohawk children that the body was lying, where it had been flung, in a lonely spot lower down the stream. He went to seek it; found the scattered bones, stripped by the foxes and the birds; and, tenderly gathering them up, hid them in a hollow tree, hoping that a day might come when he could give them a Christian burial ...
— The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century • Francis Parkman
... from a narrow window into the street. He felt his way, and every step sent the life-blood curdling to his heart. He reached the topmost stair; laid one hand on the latch. He listened; all was still save the hollow gusts ...
— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) • John Roby
... about to lay upon the land. When the flakes began to fall thickly Mother Grizzly quit digging roots and turning over rocks, and sought shelter. The long slope was smooth and bare, but down near the foot was a fallen pine with upturned roots, and into the hollow where the roots had been, under the lee of the matted mass of fibre and dirt, Mother Grizzly led her babies and there made her bed for the night. It was a longer night than the old bear expected. It lasted until the next day's westering sun made a pale, bluish glimmer through ...
— Bears I Have Met--and Others • Allen Kelly
... cold to fiddle; but I don't!" Chirpy said. "I'm quite warm down here on the ground. This little hollow where I'm sitting is sheltered from the wind. So I'll fiddle for your friend." As he spoke he began ...
— The Tale of Chirpy Cricket • Arthur Scott Bailey
... was his dinner. He was busy writing letters all the afternoon; it was not until he had handed them to the post-mistress that his mind was free to think of poor James Murdoch, who had built a cabin at the end of one of the famine roads in a hollow out of the way of the wind. From a long way off the priest could see him digging ...
— The Untilled Field • George Moore


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