hollow

Meaning

Noun

1. A small valley between mountains.
2. A sunken area on a surface.
3. An unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
4. (figuratively) A feeling of emptiness.

Verb

to make a hole in something; to excavate

Adj

1. Having an empty space or cavity inside.
2. Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
3. (figuratively) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
4. (figuratively) Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
5. Concave; gaunt; sunken.
6. Pertaining to hollow body position
7. Synonym of empty (“lacking between the onset of tasting and the finish”).

Adv

Completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.

Verb

To call or urge by shouting; to hollo.

Intj

Alternative form of hollo.

Synonyms

cavity

hole

🕳️

empty

depression

pit

cave

concave

sunken

excavate

dent

valley

void

cavern

scoop

burrow

bare

concavity

blank

delve

dig

socket

be empty

gouge

crevice

space

recess

vacuum

depressed

hollow out

haggard

vain

vacuity

vacuous

dip

dimple

cavernous

vacant

trench

dig out

ravine

quite

trough

indent

deserted

meaningless

opening

deep

groove

holler

perforated

Translations

hueco

creux

hohl

vide

Höhle

Vertiefung

cavo

hol

🕳️

vacío

oco

vuoto

cavità

leer

vazio

hondonada

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɒl.əʊ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: holow

Inherited from Old English: holh

Cognate with Old High German: huliwa

Cognate with Middle High German: hülwe

Inherited from Middle English: holowe

In summary

From Middle English holow, holowe, holwe, holwȝ, holgh, from Old English holh (“a hollow”), from Proto-West Germanic *holh, from Proto-Germanic *hulhwą, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱólḱwos. Cognate with Old High German huliwa and hulwa, Middle High German hülwe. Related to hole.