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Meaning of hollow

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  hollow
      adj 1: 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" [ant: {solid}]
      2: as if echoing in a hollow space; "the hollow sound of
         footsteps in the empty ballroom"
      3: devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow
         victory"; "vacuous comments" [syn: {empty}, {hollow},
         {vacuous}]
      n 1: a cavity or space in something; "hunger had caused the
           hollows in their cheeks"
      2: a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin
         in a hollow high up in the Appalachians" [syn: {hollow},
         {holler}]
      3: a depression hollowed out of solid matter [syn: {hole},
         {hollow}]
      v 1: remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company
           wants to excavate the hillside" [syn: {excavate}, {dig},
           {hollow}]
      2: remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk" [syn:
         {hollow}, {hollow out}, {core out}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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