Definition of hollow

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Hollow (a.) Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere..

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Hollow :: Hollow (adv.) Wholly; completely; utterly; -- chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See All, adv..
Haggard :: Haggard (a.) Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes..
Fundus :: Fundus (n.) The bottom or base of any hollow organ; as, the fundus of the bladder; the fundus of the eye..
Notch :: Notch (n.) A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.
Platoon :: Platoon (n.) Formerly, a body of men who fired together; also, a small square body of soldiers to strengthen the angles of a hollow square..
Channel :: Channel (n.) The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.
Bellow :: Bellow (v.) To roar; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound..
Hole :: Hole (n.) A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure..
Concave :: Concave (v. t.) To make hollow or concave.
Brim :: Brim (n.) The rim, border, or upper edge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything..
Cavity :: Cavity (n.) A hollow place; a hollow; as, the abdominal cavity..
Aneurism :: Aneurism (n.) A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery..
Gutter :: Gutter (v. t.) To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.
Sinus :: Sinus (n.) An opening; a hollow; a bending.
Apophyge :: Apophyge (n.) The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; -- called also the scape.
Pipe :: Pipe (n.) Any long tube or hollow body of wood, metal, earthenware, or the like: especially, one used as a conductor of water, steam, gas, etc..
Hollow :: Hollow (a.) Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere..
Collapse :: Collapse (v. i.) To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance..
Coelodont :: Coelodont (a.) Having hollow teeth; -- said of a group lizards.
Cave :: Cave (n.) Any hollow place, or part; a cavity..
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