Hollow

Hol`low´

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.

Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.

With hollow eye and wrinkled brow.

- Shak.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

v. t.

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

[imp. & p. p. Hollowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hollowing.]

adv.

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

The more civilized so-called Caucasian races have beaten the Turks hollow in the struggle for existence.

- Darwin.

interj.

Hollo.

v. i.

To shout; to hollo.

Whisperings and hollowings are alike to a deaf ear.

- Fuller.

v. t.

To urge or call by shouting.

He has hollowed the hounds.

- Sir W. Scott.

Noun	1.	hollow - a cavity or space in something; "hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks"
	2.	hollow - a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians" Synonyms: holler
	3.	hollow - a depression hollowed out of solid matter Synonyms: hole
Verb	1.	hollow - remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite" Synonyms: dig, excavate
	2.	hollow - remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk" Synonyms: core out, hollow out
Adj.	1.	hollow - 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" Antonyms: solid - entirely of one substance with no holes inside; "solid silver"; "a solid block of wood"
	2.	hollow - deliberately deceptive; "hollow (or false) promises"; "false pretenses" Synonyms: false
	3.	hollow - as if echoing in a hollow space; "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom"
	4.	hollow - devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments" Synonyms: empty, vacuous

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