Definitions for hollow
ˈhɒl oʊhol·low

Princeton's WordNet(2.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. hollow(noun)

   a cavity or space in something

   "hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks"

2. hollow, holler(noun)

   a small valley between mountains

   "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians"

3. hole, hollow(adj)

   a depression hollowed out of solid matter

4. hollow(adj)

   not solid; having a space or gap or cavity

   "a hollow wall"; "a hollow tree"; "hollow cheeks"; "his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year"

5. hollow(adj)

   as if echoing in a hollow space

   "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom"

6. empty, hollow, vacuous(verb)

   devoid of significance or point

   "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"

7. excavate, dig, hollow(verb)

   remove the inner part or the core of

   "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"

8. hollow, hollow out, core out(verb)

   remove the interior of

   "hollow out a tree trunk"

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Hollow(adj)

   having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere

2. Hollow(adj)

   depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken

3. Hollow(adj)

   reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar

4. Hollow(adj)

   not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend

5. Hollow(noun)

   a cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree

6. Hollow(noun)

   a low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel

7. Hollow(verb)

   to make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate

8. Hollow(adverb)

   wholly; completely; utterly; -- chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See All, adv

9. Hollow

   hollo

10. Hollow(verb)

    to shout; to hollo

11. Hollow(verb)

    to urge or call by shouting

Origin: [See Hollo.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Hollow

   hol′ō, adj. vacant: not solid: containing an empty space: sunken: unsound: insincere.—n. a hole: a cavity: any depression in a body: any vacuity: a groove: a channel.—v.t. to make a hole in: to make hollow by digging: to excavate.—adv. completely: clean.—adjs. Holl′ow-eyed, having sunken eyes; Holl′ow-heart′ed, having a hollow or untrue heart: faithless: treacherous.—adv. Holl′owly (Shak.), in a hollow or insincere manner.—ns. Holl′owness, the state of being hollow: cavity: insincerity: treachery; Holl′ow-ware, trade name for hollow articles of iron, as pots and kettles.—Beat hollow, to beat wholly. [A.S. holh, a hollow place—hol. See Hole.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. hollow

   The bore of a rocket. In naval architecture, a name for the fifth or top-timber-sweep (which see). Also, hollow or curved leeches of sails, in contradistinction to straight.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. hollow

   Used to describe a vital or natural space within the body of an animal, human or mammal.

   The human body has has many hollow spaces which include the nasal cavity, sinus, diaphragm etc.

   Submitted by MaryC on September 10, 2015  

How to pronounce hollow?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hollow in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hollow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of hollow in a Sentence

1. Ram Kishor Yadav:

   The promise of inclusion is completely hollow.

2. Aaron J. Munzer:

   Its a shame a hollow promise doesn't ring hollow

3. David Conroy:

   A lot of these apps, it turns out, are kind of hollow.

4. Buddha:

   Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

5. Sanjay Jha:

   He raised issues that mattered, unlike PM Modi, who indulged in hollow rhetoric.

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