Definition of hollow

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Hollow (n.) A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree..

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Bight :: Bight (v.) A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow..
Pick :: Pick (n.) A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet..
Empty :: Empty (superl.) Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc..
Onion :: Onion (n.) A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium (A. cepa), having a strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root, much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to other species of the genus..
Ectasia :: Ectasia (n.) A dilatation of a hollow organ or of a canal.
Quill :: Quill (n.) A hollow spindle.
Heugh :: Heugh (n.) A shaft in a coal pit; a hollow in a quarry.
Brim :: Brim (n.) The rim, border, or upper edge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything..
Farctate :: Farctate (v. t.) Stuffed; filled solid; as, a farctate leaf, stem, or pericarp; -- opposed to tubular or hollow..
Cavicorn :: Cavicorn (a.) Having hollow horns.
Bellow :: Bellow (v.) To roar; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound..
Tube :: Tube (n.) The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla..
Horsetail :: Horsetail (n.) A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns. See Illust. of Equisetum..
Crucible :: Crucible (n.) A hollow place at the bottom of a furnace, to receive the melted metal..
Fossette :: Fossette (n.) A little hollow; hence, a dimple..
Scrobiculated :: Scrobiculated (a.) Having numerous small, shallow depressions or hollows; pitted..
Excavator :: Excavator (n.) One who, or that which, excavates or hollows out; a machine, as a dredging machine, or a tool, for excavating..
Concave :: Concave (a.) Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky..
Concave :: Concave (a.) Hollow; void of contents.
Notching :: Notching (n.) The act of making notches; the act of cutting into small hollows.
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