Synonyms:
hollow
Meaning: not solid; having a space or gap or cavity; "a hollow wall"; "a hollow tree"; "hollow cheeks"; "his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year"
Synonyms:
hollow
Meaning: as if echoing in a hollow space; "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom"
Synonyms:
empty, hollow, vacuous
Meaning: devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
hollow
Meaning: a cavity or space in something; "hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks"
Synonyms:
hollow, holler
Meaning: a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians"
Synonyms:
hole, hollow
Meaning: a depression hollowed out of solid matter
Usage examples
"Hollow, too, of course?"
"Not so!" exclaimed a hollow voice.
Peter Rabbit bolted for a hollow log.
"If it's a tube, it's sure to be hollow."
His cheeks and the sockets of his eyes were hollow.
Across the evil hollow we sped like a bolt from an arblast.
But she could only hear little hollow quacks from the other end.
Did you ever notice how hollow a memorized speech usually sounds?
After running a stick in the hole I soon discovered that the log was hollow.
He found them drawn up in a hollow circle, marked out by their shining spears.