Definition of hollow

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Hollow (a.) Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar..

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Cannon :: Cannon (n.) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently..
Dent :: Dent (n.) A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation..
Pit :: Pit (n.) The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit..
Dented :: Dented (v. t.) Indented; impressed with little hollows.
Vat :: Vat (n.) A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry..
Invaginated :: Invaginated (a.) Having one portion of a hollow organ drawn back within another portion.
Ventricle :: Ventricle (n.) Fig.: Any cavity, or hollow place, in which any function may be conceived of as operating..
Papula :: Papula (n.) One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of starfishes.
Argand Lamp :: Argand lamp () A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame.
Creux :: Creux (n.) Used in English only in the expression en creux. Thus, engraving en creux is engraving in intaglio, or by sinking or hollowing out the design..
Culm :: Culm (n.) The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow..
Lisne :: Lisne (n.) A cavity or hollow.
Fundus :: Fundus (n.) The bottom or base of any hollow organ; as, the fundus of the bladder; the fundus of the eye..
Barrel :: Barrel (n.) The hollow basal part of a feather.
Fistular :: Fistular (a.) Hollow and cylindrical, like a pipe or reed..
Vesicle :: Vesicle (n.) A small convex hollow prominence on the surface of a shell or a coral.
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..
Depression :: Depression (n.) A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions..
Socket :: Socket (n.) Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick..
Blastosphere :: Blastosphere (n.) The hollow globe or sphere formed by the arrangement of the blastomeres on the periphery of an impregnated ovum.
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