adj with a hole inside ○ a hollow log ○ If you tap the box it sounds hollow. ■ noun a sunken part on a flat surface ○ They made a hollow in the ground for a camp fire.
hol´low
a. [OE. holow, holgh, holf, AS. holh a hollow, hole. Cf. Hole.]
1. 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. “Hollow with boards shalt thou make it.” Ex. xxvii. 8.
2. Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken. “With hollow eye and wrinkled brow.” Shak.
3. Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as a hollow roar. Dryden.
4. Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as a hollow heart; a hollow friend. Milton. Hollow newel (Arch.), an opening in the center of a winding staircase in place of a newel post, the stairs being supported by the wall; an open newel; also the stringpiece or rail winding around the well of such a staircase. — Hollow quoin (Engin.), a pier of stone or brick made behind the lock gates of a canal, and containing a hollow or recess to receive the ends of the gates. — Hollow root. (Bot.) See Moschatel. — Hollow square. See Square. — Hollow ware, hollow vessels; — a trade name for cast-iron kitchen utensils, earthenware, etc. Syn.- Concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false; faithless; deceitful; treacherous.
1. 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. “Hollow with boards shalt thou make it.” Ex. xxvii. 8.
2. Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken. “With hollow eye and wrinkled brow.” Shak.
3. Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as a hollow roar. Dryden.
4. Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as a hollow heart; a hollow friend. Milton. Hollow newel (Arch.), an opening in the center of a winding staircase in place of a newel post, the stairs being supported by the wall; an open newel; also the stringpiece or rail winding around the well of such a staircase. — Hollow quoin (Engin.), a pier of stone or brick made behind the lock gates of a canal, and containing a hollow or recess to receive the ends of the gates. — Hollow root. (Bot.) See Moschatel. — Hollow square. See Square. — Hollow ware, hollow vessels; — a trade name for cast-iron kitchen utensils, earthenware, etc. Syn.- Concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false; faithless; deceitful; treacherous.
hol´low
n. 1. 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.
2. A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel. “Forests grew
Upon the barren hollows.” Prior. “I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood.” Tennyson.
2. A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel. “Forests grew
Upon the barren hollows.” Prior. “I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood.” Tennyson.
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