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hollow

English

  1. 🔊 lacking in substance or character
    “a hollow person”
  2. 🔊 as if echoing in a hollow space
    “the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom”
  3. 🔊 not solid
    “a hollow wall”
  4. 🔊 devoid of significance or force
    “empty promises”
  5. 🔊 a small valley between mountains
    “he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians”
  6. 🔊 a cavity or space in something
    “hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks”
  7. 🔊 a depression hollowed out of solid matter
  8. 🔊 remove the interior of
    “hollow out a tree trunk”
  9. 🔊 remove the inner part or the core of
    “the mining company wants to excavate the hillside”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 hueco hollow, empty
  2. 🔊 oquedad hollow, hollow space, cavity, hole

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