HOLLOW

hollow

1. [Adjective]: 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"

2. [Noun]: a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians"

3. [Noun]: a depression hollowed out of solid matter

4. [Noun]: a cavity or space in something; "hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks"

5. devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"

6. deliberately deceptive; "hollow (or false) promises"; "false pretenses"

7. as if echoing in a hollow space; "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom"

8. [Verb]: remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk"

9. [Verb]: remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite"

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