English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-hollow.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�l��|-�l��

Adjective
en-adj|hollower or more hollow|hollowest or most hollow

1. Of something solid, having an empty space inside.
2. Of a sound, low-pitched, and maybe scary.

#:a hollow moan

1. figuratively Without substance, dishonest.

#:a hollow promise

Alternative spellings
hallow

Translations
trans-top|having an empty space inside

Czech: dutý m
Dutch: hol
Finnish: ontto
French: vide#French|vide m and f, creux
German: hohl
Italian: vuoto m, vuota f
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Japanese: ���� (kubonda)
Norwegian:
*Bokmål: hul, innhul
*Nynorsk: hol, innhol
Spanish: hueco m, ahuecado m, hundido m
Portuguese: vazio m, oco m
Swedish: Ihålig
Telugu: బ�ల� (bOlu), డ�ల�ల (Dolla)
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trans-top|low-pitched
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Japanese: ���� (komotta)
Norwegian:
*Bokmål: dyp, hul
*Nynorsk: djup, hol
Spanish: resonante m, sordo m
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trans-top|without substance
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Dutch: leeg
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Japanese 空�� (kūkyo-na), �誠�� (fuseijitsu-na)
Norwegian:
*Bokmål: hul
*Nynorsk: hol
Spanish: hueco m, falso m
Telugu: శ�ష�� (Sushka), డ�ల�ల (Dolla)
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Noun
en-noun

1. A small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies"
2. A sunken area in something solid.
3. (US) A sunken area, the equivalent to a copse in British English.
4. figuratively A feeling of emptiness.

Translations

trans-top|sunken area
Italian: cavità f
trans-mid
Japanese: 窪� (kubo-chi)
Norwegian:
*Bokmål: hull n, grop f
*Nynorsk: hòl n, grop f
Spanish: depresión m, hondonada m
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trans-top|feeling of emptiness
trans-mid
Japanese: ���� (munasī), ��� (kyodatsukan)
Spanish: hueco m, vacío m
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Verb
en-verb

1. to make a hole in something; to excavate transitive

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