hollow
not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,167 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,134 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- not solid; having a space or gap or cavity a hollow walla hollow tree
- as if echoing in a hollow space the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom
- devoid of significance or force also: empty, vacuous empty promisesa hollow victory
- lacking in substance or character a hollow person
noun
- a cavity or space in something hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks
- a small valley between mountains also: holler he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians
- a depression hollowed out of solid matter also: hole
verb
- remove the inner part or the core of also: excavate, dig the mining company wants to excavate the hillside
hollow in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Then he remembered that Unc' Billy Possum's hollow tree was not far away.
The Adventures of Prickly Porky · Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess · Chapter 1
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Italian organ-men and milk-men paraded the street regularly, and made it sound hollow to their music.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete · George Meredith · Chapter 1
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Then he arranged them as well as he could in a sort of hollow, like a tea cup.
Uncle Wiggily's Travels · Howard Roger Garis · Chapter 1
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On the side of this rock, was a little hollow place, resembling the entrance or door of a cave.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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Each rose from a little log cabin clinging to the side of a little hollow at the head of a little creek.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1