Definitions for hollow

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hollow hol·low

Spelling: [hol-oh]

IPA: /ˈhɒl oʊ/

Hollow is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 35 anagrams from letters in hollow (hlloow).

Definitions for hollow

noun

1. an empty space within anything; a hole, depression, or cavity.
2. a valley:
3. Foundry. a concavity connecting two surfaces otherwise intersecting at an obtuse angle.

Idioms

1. beat all hollow, to surpass or outdo completely: Also, beat hollow.

adverb

1. in a hollow manner:

adjective

1. having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty:
2. having a depression or concavity:
3. sunken, as the cheeks or eyes.
4. (of sound) not resonant; dull, muffled, or deep:
5. without real or significant worth; meaningless:
6. insincere or false:
7. hungry; having an empty feeling:

verb (used with object)

1. to make hollow (often followed by out):
2. to form by making something hollow (often followed by out):

verb (used without object)

1. to become hollow.

Origin of hollow

before 900; Middle English holw(e), holow, Old English holh a hollow place; akin to hole

Examples for hollow

In the end, hollow pulled out a withering attack that outpaced Budden both in speed and viciousness.

"He had a gun shoved into the hollow of his throat," said Andy.

Even the fertile vale, in the hollow of which it lay, had ceased to have existence.

Bein' born on hollow eve,' says he, 'I couldn't be nothin' else.

The young man weaves through clusters of bamboo and cuts a diagonal slash into a tree, positioning a hollow log at the end.

He pressed a hollow shell casing into my palm and leaned towards my ear, “I PICKED IT UP FROM THE BEDROOM!”

The boy stops making noise, and there's a hollow absence of sound for few moments before the Iraqi soldiers start shouting again.

Head of State was prescient, but hollow; I Think I Love My Wife was bland; and the documentary Good Hair was fascinating fun.

But see the church in the hollow, and the folk who cluster in the churchyard!

It forms a speaking telegraph without the necessity of any hollow tube.'