The meaning of HOLLOW is having an indentation or inward curve : concave, sunken. How to use hollow in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Hollow.

HOLLOW meaning: 1. having a hole or empty space inside: 2. If you have hollow cheeks or eyes, your cheeks curve in…. Learn more.

If you describe a statement, situation, or person as hollow, you mean they have no real value, worth, or effectiveness. Any threat to bring in the police is a hollow one. ...a hollow man who's …

1. having a space or cavity inside; empty: a hollow sphere. 2. having a depression or concavity: a hollow surface. 3. sunken: hollow cheeks. 4. not resonant: a hollow voice. 5. lacking …

A sound that is hollow is like the sound made when you hit something that is empty inside. He heard a hollow sound when he knocked on the wall.

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Oct 12, 2025 · (of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.

Hollow refers to something that is empty or void on the inside, having a space or cavity within. It can be applied to physical objects like a hollow tree or tube, or metaphorically to abstract …

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