Definition of hollow

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Hollow (v. t.) To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate..

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Pump :: Pump (n.) An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece or piston working in a hollow cylinder or other cavity, with valves properly placed for admitting or retaining the fluid as it is drawn or driven through them by the action of the piston..
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..
Hollowly :: Hollowly (adv.) Insincerely; deceitfully.
Pyrosome :: Pyrosome (n.) Any compound ascidian of the genus Pyrosoma. The pyrosomes form large hollow cylinders, sometimes two or three feet long, which swim at the surface of the sea and are very phosphorescent..
Bottle :: Bottle (n.) A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for holding liquids..
Booming :: Booming (n.) The act of producing a hollow or roaring sound; a violent rushing with heavy roar; as, the booming of the sea; a deep, hollow sound; as, the booming of bitterns..
Hollowness :: Hollowness (n.) State of being hollow.
Sough :: Sough (v. i.) The sound produced by soughing; a hollow murmur or roaring.
Semidome :: Semidome (n.) A roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess, or one of nearly that shape, as the apse of a church, a niche, or the like. It is approximately the quarter of a hollow sphere..
Concave :: Concave (v. t.) To make hollow or concave.
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..
Regurgitate :: Regurgitate (v. t.) To throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to pour or throw back in great quantity..
Boom :: Boom (n.) A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming..
Sea Trumpet :: Sea trumpet () A great blackish seaweed of the Southern Ocean, having a hollow and expanding stem and a pinnate frond, sometimes twenty feet long..
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..
Brim :: Brim (n.) The rim, border, or upper edge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything..
Bubble :: Bubble (n.) A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits..
Urn :: Urn (n.) A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca..
Insincerity :: Insincerity (n.) The quality of being insincere; want of sincerity, or of being in reality what one appears to be; dissimulation; hypocritical; deceitfulness; hollowness; untrustworthiness; as, the insincerity of a professed friend; the insincerity of professions of regard..
Excavate :: Excavate (v. t.) To form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel..
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