Meaning of 'hollow'

adjective

devoid of significance or point

Synonyms: vacuous

adjective

as if echoing in a hollow space

Example: "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom"

adjective

not solid

noun

a depression hollowed out of solid matter

Synonyms: hole

noun

a small valley between mountains

Example: "I built myself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians."

Synonyms: holler

noun

a cavity or space in something

Example: "hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks"

verb

remove the interior of

Example: "hollow out a tree trunk"

Synonyms: hollow out core out

verb

remove the inner part or the core of

Synonyms: dig