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    hol·low
    [ˈhälō]
    adjective
    hollow (adjective) · hollower (comparative adjective) · hollowest (superlative adjective)
    1. having a hole or empty space inside:
      "each fiber has a hollow core"
      • (of a thing) having a depression in its surface; concave:
        "hollow cheeks"
      • (of a sound) echoing, as though made in or on an empty container:
        "a hollow cough"
    2. without significance:
      "the result was a hollow victory"
      • insincere:
        "a hollow promise"
    noun
    hollow (noun) · hollows (plural noun)
    1. a hole or depression in something:
      "a hollow at the base of a large tree"
      • a small valley:
        "the house fell behind as they climbed out of the hollow"
    verb
    hollow (verb) · hollows (third person present) · hollowed (past tense) · hollowed (past participle) · hollowing (present participle)
    1. form by making a hole:
      "a tunnel was hollowed out in a mountain range" · "gushing water has hollowed a succession of natural spa baths"
      • make a depression in:
        "Flora's laugh hollowed her cheeks"
    2. (hollow something out)
      deprive (an institution or system) of elements that enable it to function properly:
      "its finances were ravaged and its neighborhoods hollowed out by a long, slow decline in population and auto manufacturing" · "democratic institutions built up and enjoyed for decades are still being hollowed out"
    Origin
    Old English holh ‘cave’; obscurely related to hole.
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    Similar and Opposite Words
    adjective
    1. having a hole or empty space inside:
      empty
      void
      unfilled
      vacant
      hollowed out
      not solid
      Opposite:
      solid
    2. without significance:
      meaningless
      empty
      valueless
      worthless
      useless
      pyrrhic
      futile
      fruitless
      profitless
      pointless
      unavailing
      bootless
      of no use
      of no value
      of no avail
      Opposite:
      worthwhile
    noun
    1. a hole or depression in something:
      hole
      pit
      cavity
      crater
      trough
      cave
      cavern
      depression
      indentation
      concavity
      dent
      dint
      dip
      dimple
      dish
      basin
      niche
      nook
      cranny
      recess
    verb
    1. form by making a hole:
      dig out
      cut out
      excavate
      channel
      gouge out
      scoop out
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