hollow
Meaning of hollow
adjective
- having a hole or empty space inside.
a hollow metal tube
- without real significance or value.
the result was a hollow victory
- a hole or depression in something.
a hollow at the base of a large tree
- form by making a hole.
a tunnel was hollowed out in a mountain range
Old English holh ‘cave’; obscurely related to hole.
Information about hollow
- The plural form of hollow is: hollows.
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Hyphenation of hollow
hol-low
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- hollow is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
hollow synonyms
Meaning false:
Meaning empty:
Meaning holler:
Meaning hole:
Meaning excavate:
Meaning not valid or legally binding:
Meaning not filled:
Meaning (of a place) not occupied; empty:
Meaning having no purpose or reason:
Meaning having no value; worthless:
Meaning having no real value or use:
Meaning not fulfilling or not expected to achieve the intended purpose or desired outcome:
Meaning (of a victory) won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor:
Meaning incapable of producing any useful result; pointless:
Meaning failing to achieve the desired results; unproductive or useless:
Meaning without benefit or advantage; pointless:
Meaning having little or no sense, use, or purpose:
Meaning achieving little or nothing; ineffective:
Meaning (of a task or undertaking) ineffectual; useless:
Meaning a large hole in the ground:
Meaning an empty space within a solid object:
Meaning a large bowl-shaped cavity in the ground or on a celestial object, typically one caused by an explosion or the impact of a meteorite:
Meaning a long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink out of:
Meaning a natural underground chamber in a hillside or cliff:
Meaning a large cave or chamber in a cave:
Meaning a sunken place or hollow on a surface:
Meaning a deep recess or notch on the edge or surface of something:
Meaning the state or quality of being concave:
Meaning a slight hollow in a hard even surface made by a blow or pressure:
Meaning a dent or hollow in a surface:
Meaning a brief downward slope followed by an upward one:
Meaning a slight depression in the surface of an object:
Meaning a shallow, flat-bottomed container for cooking or serving food:
Meaning a circular or oval valley or natural depression on the earth's surface, especially one containing water:
Meaning a shallow recess, especially one in a wall to display a statue or other ornament:
Meaning a corner or recess, especially one offering seclusion or security:
Meaning a small, narrow space or opening:
Meaning a hollow space inside something:
Meaning direct towards a particular end or object:
hollow antonyms
Meaning firm and stable in shape; not liquid or fluid:
Meaning worth the time, money, or effort spent; of value or importance:
Translation of hollow
Words that rhyme with hollow
Allhallow, allow, ballow, behallow, betallow, callow, disallow, dishallow, encallow, enhallow, enwallow, fallow, gallow, hallow, mackallow, mallow, marshmallow, preallow, preswallow, reallow, refallow, rehallow, reswallow, rewallow, sallow, shallow, swallow, tallow, twifallow, unallow, uncallow, unhallow, unsallow, upswallow, wallow, waxmallow, yallow, Bellow, Fellow, Longfellow, Oddfellow, Rockafellow, Yellow, bedfellow, bellow, benchfellow, blackfellow, boonfellow, chamberfellow, clanfellow
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