hollow

  1. Adjective.  (of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.
  2. Adjective.  (of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
  3. Adjective.  (figuratively) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
  4. Adjective.  (figuratively) Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
  5. Noun.  A small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies".
  6. Noun.  A sunken area in something solid.
  7. Noun.  (US) A sunken area, the equivalent to a copse in British English.
  8. Noun.  (figuratively) A feeling of emptiness.
  9. Noun.  The New Zealand enunciation of hello.
  10. Verb.  to make a hole in something; to excavate (transitive) .

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