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Having a concave or sunken appearance
“His sunken chest, stooped shoulders, and hollow eyes lend him the appearance of a man twice his age.”
Deep or resonant in sound or tone
“A sound that is close to this is the hollow sound of a tuning fork.”
Without real significance or value
“If Colin wins his case, I feel it will be a hollow victory for him, whether or not he realizes this now.”
Insincere or devoid of validity
“Is Williams's redemption complete and sincere, or is it just a hollow promise?”
Having a hole or empty space inside
“The surveys concluded that the tree's trunk was essentially hollow.”
Lacking sense or sound reasoning
Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished
Showing a lack of emotion
Lacking intellectual depth or substance
Having vast space or depth, as of a cavern
Appearing to be something that is not real
Of or involving tubules or other tube-shaped structures
Lacking vigor, vitality, or excitement
Extremely morbid or somber, typically suggestive of death or the grave
Intended to impress in a showy manner
Mechanical or customary without real meaning or effort
Not paying attention to what is being said or done
Of little importance
A hole or depression in something
“I pulled the last button through what I hoped was its corresponding hole just below the hollow of my neck, and for the first time looked down at my breakfast.”
A small valley
“An award-winning cabin in Monteagle is nestled in a Tennessee mountain hollow and projects from the hillside to overlook a mountain stream.”
A separate section or part of a structure or container
A long, narrow cut or depression in a hard material
A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground
A mark or scar in the skin caused by a pock
A deep and narrow passage, especially in the earth's surface
A place where a wild animal lives
A mark impressed on a surface
To form by making a hole
“Vineyards flourished on this bleak Castilian plateau, and workers would hollow limestone under the town to create cellars.”
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