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What does hollow mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word hollow? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A small valley between mountains.
  2. A sunken area or unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
  3. (US) A sunken area.
  4. (figuratively) A feeling of emptiness.
Verb
  1. (transitive) to make a hole in something; to excavate
Adjective
  1. (of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.
  2. (of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
  3. (figuratively) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
  4. (figuratively) Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
  5. concave; gaunt; sunken.
  6. (gymnastics) pertaining to hollow body position
Adverb
  1. (colloquial) Completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.
Verb
  1. To urge or call by shouting; to hollo.
Interjection
  1. Alternative form of hollo
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