hollow

About 8.61 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A small valley between mountains.

   He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.

2. noun A sunken area on a surface.

   He held the chick in the hollow of his hand.

3. noun An unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.

   a hollow in a tree trunk

4. noun A feeling of emptiness.

   a hollow in the pit of one’s stomach

5. verb to make a hole in something; to excavate
6. adjective Having an empty space or cavity inside.

   a hollow tree; a hollow sphere

7. adjective Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.

   He let out a hollow moan.

8. adjective Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.

   a hollow victory

Similar words

sunken cavernous dig hole hollow out excavate cannular tubular reverberant recessed

Often followed by

of and in tree cylinder trees sound square or

Word family

hollowed hollower hollowest hollowing hollowly hollowness hollownesses hollows