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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: 
  • Italian: cavití 
    (trans-mid)
  • Spanish: hueco , vací­o
    (trans-bottom)
verb 
  1. to make a hole in something; to excavate (transitive)
adjective (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
Translations: 
  • Dutch: leeg
    (trans-mid)
  • French: vide
    1. French, vide m and f, creux
    2. German: hohl
    3. Italian: vuoto , vuota
      (trans-mid)
    4. Spanish: hueco , falso

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