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Another word for hollow

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Adjective

  1. Curving inward

    See also:

    convex

  2. Lacking value, use, or substance

    See also:

    full

Noun

  1. A space in an otherwise solid mass

      1. Containing no matter; empty.
      2. Not occupied; unfilled.
      3. Completely lacking; devoid:
      1. Total absence of matter; emptiness.
      2. An empty space; a vacuum.
      3. Total lack of ideas; emptiness of mind.
      1. A small baglike attachment forming part of a garment and used to carry small articles, as a flat pouch sewn inside a pair of pants or a piece of material sewn on its sides and bottom to the outside of a shirt.
      2. A small sack or bag.
      3. A receptacle, cavity, or opening.
      1. A hollowed place in something solid; a cavity or pit:
      2. An opening or perforation:
      3. An opening in a defensive formation, such as the area of a baseball infield between two adjacent fielders.
      1. A hollow; a hole.
      2. A hollow area within the body:
      3. A pitted area in a tooth caused by caries.
    See also:

    convex

  2. An area sunk below its surroundings

      1. A natural depression in a land surface communicating with a subterranean passage, generally occurring in limestone regions and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof.
      1. To go below the surface of water or another liquid:
      2. To descend to the bottom of a body of water or other liquid:
      3. To fall or drop to a lower level, especially to go down slowly or in stages:
      1. To sink, droop, or settle from pressure or weight.
      2. To lose vigor, firmness, or resilience:
      3. To decline, as in value or price:
      1. A natural or artificial hole or cavity in the ground.
      2. An excavation for the removal of mineral deposits; a mine.
      3. The shaft of a mine.
      1. To plunge briefly into a liquid, as in order to wet, coat, or saturate.
      2. To color or dye by immersing:
      3. To immerse (a sheep or other animal) in a disinfectant solution.
      1. The act of depressing.
      2. The condition of being depressed.
      3. An area that is sunk below its surroundings; a hollow.
      1. The state of being curved like the inner surface of a sphere.
      2. A surface or structure configured in such a curve.
      1. An open, shallow, usually round container used especially for holding liquids.
      2. The amount that such a vessel can hold.
      3. A washbowl; a sink.
    See also:

    convex

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Another word for hollow

Modifier

  1. Empty

    See also:

    empty

  2. Concave

    See also:

    round

    bent

    Antonyms:

  3. Sounding as though from a cave

    See also:

    loud

    Antonyms:

  4. False

    See also:

    false

  5. *Hungry

    See also:

    vain

    hungry

Noun

  1. A cavity

      1. A natural or artificial hole or cavity in the ground.
      2. An excavation for the removal of mineral deposits; a mine.
      3. The shaft of a mine.
      1. To plunge briefly into a liquid, as in order to wet, coat, or saturate.
      2. To color or dye by immersing:
      3. To immerse (a sheep or other animal) in a disinfectant solution.
      1. The act of depressing.
      2. The condition of being depressed.
      3. An area that is sunk below its surroundings; a hollow.
    See also:

    hole

  2. *A valley

    See also:

    hole

    valley

Idioms:

    beat all hollow

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Sentence Examples

  • The blue-bird makes her nest in a hollow tree and her eggs are blue.

  • The skull looked up through hollow eyes, just as the flashlight died, plunging the pair into a blackened void of darkness.

  • The dirt hit his body with a hollow thud.

  • In this way two cavalry regiments galloped through the Semenovsk hollow and as soon as they reached the top of the incline turned round and galloped full speed back again.

  • So high as heaved the tumid hills, so low Down sunk a hollow bottom broad and deep, Capacious bed of waters.

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