hollow
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- n a cavity or space in something
hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks - n a small valley between mountains
he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians - n a depression hollowed out of solid matter
- v remove the inner part or the core of
- v remove the interior of
hollow out a tree trunk - a 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 - s as if echoing in a hollow space
the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom - s devoid of significance or point
a hollow victory
- Perhaps it takes this sort of financial investment, instead of a series of hollow promises, to get yourself onto the road of physical fitness.
- Atmospheric, surreal trip-hop music; Geoff Barrow produces, and vocalist Beth Gibbons' hollow voice haunts every track.
- A wooden horse head was attached to the front of the chuffing buggy in order to make it resemble a horse and carriage (Smith recommended the horse head be hollow to contain .