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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Bellow :: Bellow (v.) To make a hollow, loud noise, as an enraged bull..
Ventricle :: Ventricle (n.) Fig.: Any cavity, or hollow place, in which any function may be conceived of as operating..
Want :: Want (v. i.) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place..
Fossette :: Fossette (n.) A little hollow; hence, a dimple..
Bight :: Bight (v.) A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow..
Pipy :: Pipy (a.) Like a pipe; hollow-stemmed.
Semicirque :: Semicirque (n.) A semicircular hollow or opening among trees or hills.
Gutter :: Gutter (v. t.) To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.
Concave :: Concave (n.) A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess.
Notching :: Notching (n.) The small hollow, or hollows, cut; a notch or notches..
Pennatulacea :: Pennatulacea (n. pl.) A division of alcyonoid corals, including the seapens and related kinds. They are able to move about by means of the hollow muscular peduncle, which also serves to support them upright in the mud. See Pennatula, and Illust. under Alcyonaria..
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp..
Concaveness :: Concaveness (n.) Hollowness; concavity.
Cavo-rilievo :: Cavo-rilievo (n.) Hollow relief; sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the plain surface around..
Sway-bracing :: Sway-backed (a.) Having the back hollow or sagged, whether naturally or as the result of injury or weakness; -- said of horses and other animals..
Cannulated :: Cannulated (a.) Hollow; affording a passage through its interior length for wire, thread, etc.; as, a cannulated (suture) needle..
Urn :: Urn (n.) A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca..
Vessel :: Vessel (n.) A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bowl, etc..
Imbricated :: Imbricated (a.) Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.
Fundus :: Fundus (n.) The bottom or base of any hollow organ; as, the fundus of the bladder; the fundus of the eye..
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