LekhoriLekhoriA small valley between mountains.
He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.
A sunken area on a surface.
the hollow of the hand
An unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
a hollow in a tree trunk
to make a hole in something; to excavate
To call or urge by shouting; to hollo.
[T]he Converſation (if it may be called ſo) was ſeldom ſuch as could entertain a Lady. It conſiſted chiefly of Hollowing, Singing, Relations of ſporting Adventures, B—d—y, and Abuſe of Women and of the Government.
Having an empty space or cavity inside.
a hollow tree; a hollow sphere
Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
He let out a hollow moan.
Completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.
Alternative form of hollo.
From Middle English holow, holowe, holwe, holwȝ, holgh, from Old English holh (“a hollow”), from Proto-West Germanic *holh, from Proto-Germanic *hulhwą, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱólḱwos. Cogn...
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Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
a hollow victory