hollow
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb, interjection)
adjective
1. not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
- a hollow wall
- a hollow tree
- hollow cheeks
Similar word(s): empty, cavernous, recessed, sunken, fistular, fistulate, fistulous, cannular, tubelike, tubular, vasiform
2. as if echoing in a hollow space
- the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom
Similar word(s): reverberant
3. devoid of significance or force
- a hollow victory
Similar word(s): meaningless, nonmeaningful, empty, vacuous
4. lacking in substance or character
- a hollow person
Similar word(s): insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial
Sentences with hollow as an adjective:
- a hollow tree; a hollow sphere
- a hollow promise
adverb
1. (colloquial) Completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.
noun
1. a cavity or space in something
- hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks
Definition categories: shape, cavity
2. a small valley between mountains
- he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians
Similar word(s): holler
Definition categories: object, vale, valley
3. a depression hollowed out of solid matter
Similar word(s): hole
Definition categories: object, depression
Sentences with hollow as a noun:
- He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.
- the hollow of the hand or of a tree
- a hollow in the pit of one's stomach