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hollow
noun
1 hollow
A cavity or space in something.
Roget 252:
concavity,
depression,
dip;
hollow,
hollowness;
indentation,
intaglio,
cavity,
dent,
dint,
dimple,
follicle,
pit,
sinus,
alveolus†,
lacuna;
excavation,
strip mine;
trough
etc.
(furrow)
259;
honeycomb.
cup,
basin,
crater,
punch bowl;
cell
etc.
(receptacle)
191;
socket.
valley,
vale,
dale,
dell,
dingle,
combe†,
bottom,
slade†,
strath†,
glade,
grove,
glen,
cave,
cavern,
cove;
grot†,
grotto;
alcove,
cul-de-sac;
gully
etc.
198;
arch
etc.
(curve)
245;
bay
etc.
(of the sea)
343.
excavator,
sapper,
miner.
honeycomb
(sponge)
252.1.
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Roget 208:
depth;
deepness
etc.
adj.;
profundity,
depression
etc.
(concavity)
252.
hollow,
pit,
shaft,
well,
crater;
gulf
etc.
198;
bowels of the earth,
botttomless pit†,
hell.
soundings,
depth of water,
water,
draught,
submersion;
plummet,
sound,
probe;
sounding rod,
sounding line;
lead.
bathymetry.
[instrument to measure depth]
sonar,
side-looking sonar;
bathometer†.
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Dutch: bekken, holte
2 hollow
A small valley between mountains:
— He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians.
synonym: holler.
Dutch: duinpan, pan
3 hollow
A depression hollowed out of solid matter.
synonym: hole.
Dutch: gaatje, gat, hol, holletje, mond, opening
verb
1 hollow
Remove the inner part or the core of.
synonyms: dig, excavate.
Roget 252:
be concave
etc.
adj.;
retire,
cave in.
render concave
etc.
adj.;
depress,
hollow;
scoop,
scoop out;
gouge,
gouge out,
dig,
delve,
excavate,
dent,
dint,
mine,
sap,
undermine,
burrow,
tunnel,
stave in.
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Dutch: opdelven, uithollen
2 hollow
Remove the interior of:
— Hollow out a tree trunk.
synonyms: core out, hollow out.
Dutch: uithollen
adjective
1 hollow
Not solid; having a space or gap or cavity.
Roget 581:
aphonous†,
dumb,
mute;
deafmute,
deaf and dumb;
mum;
tongue-tied;
breathless,
tongueless,
voiceless,
speechless,
wordless;
mute as a fish,
mute as a stockfish†,
mute as a mackerel;
silent
etc.
(taciturn)
585;
muzzled;
inarticulate,
inaudible.
croaking,
raucous,
hoarse,
husky,
dry,
hollow,
sepulchral,
hoarse as a raven;
rough.
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Roget 544:
false,
deceitful,
mendacious,
unveracious,
fraudulent,
dishonest,
faithless,
truthless,
trothless;
unfair,
uncandid;
hollow-hearted;
evasive;
uningenuous,
disingenuous;
hollow,
sincere,
Parthis mendacior;
forsworn.
artificial,
contrived;
canting;
hypocritical,
jesuitical,
pharisaical;
tartuffish;
Machiavelian;
double,
double tongued,
double faced,
double handed,
double minded,
double hearted,
double dealing;
Janus faced;
smooth-faced,
smooth spoken,
smooth tongued;
plausible;
mealy-mouthed;
affected
etc.
855.
collusive,
collusory;
artful
etc.
(cunning)
702;
perfidious
etc.
940;
spurious
etc.
(deceptive)
545;
untrue
etc.
546;
falsified
etc.
v.;
covinous.
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Roget 477:
intuitive,
instinctive,
impulsive;
independent of reason,
anterior to reason;
gratuitous,
hazarded;
unconnected.
unreasonable,
illogical,
false,
unsound,
invalid;
unwarranted,
not following;
inconsequent,
inconsequential;
inconsistent;
absonous†,
absonant†;
unscientific;
untenable,
inconclusive,
incorrect;
fallacious,
fallible;
groundless,
unproved;
non sequitur [Lat.],
it does not follow.
deceptive,
sophistical,
jesuitical;
illusive,
illusory;
specious,
hollow,
plausible,
ad captandum [Lat.],
evasive;
irrelevant
etc.
10.
weak,
feeble,
poor,
flimsy,
loose,
vague.
irrational;
nonsensical
etc.
(absurd)
497.
foolish
etc.
(imbecile)
499;
frivolous,
pettifogging,
quibbling;
finespun†,
overrefined†.
at the end of one's tether,
au bout de son latin.
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Roget 410:
creaking
etc.
v.;
stridulous†,
harsh,
coarse,
hoarse,
horrisonous†,
rough,
gruff,
grum†,
sepulchral,
hollow.
sharp,
high,
acute,
shrill;
trumpet-toned;
piercing,
ear-piercing,
high-pitched,
high-toned;
cracked;
discordant
etc.
414;
cacophonous.
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Roget 252:
depressed
etc.
v.;
alveolate†,
calathiform†,
cup-shaped,
dishing;
favaginous†,
faveolate†,
favose†;
scyphiform†,
scyphose†;
concave,
hollow,
stove in;
retiring;
retreating;
cavernous;
porous
etc.
(with holes)
260;
infundibul†,
infundibular†,
infundibuliform†;
funnel shaped,
bell shaped;
campaniform†,
capsular;
vaulted,
arched.
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Roget 53:
incomplete;
imperfect
etc.
651;
unfinished;
uncompleted
etc.
(complete)
etc.
729;
defective,
deficient,
wanting,
lacking,
failing;
in default,
in arrear†;
short of;
hollow,
meager,
lame,
halfand-half,
perfunctory,
sketchy;
crude
etc.
(unprepared)
674.
mutilated,
garbled,
docked,
lopped,
truncated.
in progress,
in hand;
going on,
proceeding.
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Roget 408:
resounding
etc.
v.;
resonant,
reverberant,
tinnient†,
tintinnabulary;
sonorous,
booming,
deep-toned,
deep-sounding,
deep-mouthed,
vibrant;
hollow,
sepulchral;
gruff
etc.
(harsh)
410.
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2 hollow
As if echoing in a hollow space.
3 hollow
Devoid of significance or force:
— A hollow victory.
synonyms: empty, vacuous.
Roget 4:
unsubstantial;
baseless,
groundless;
ungrounded;
without foundation,
having no foundation.
visionary
etc.
(imaginary)
515;
immaterial
etc.
137;
spectral
etc.
980;
dreamy;
shadowy;
ethereal,
airy;
cloud built,
cloud formed;
gossamery,
illusory,
insubstantial,
unreal.
vacant,
vacuous;
empty
etc.
187;
eviscerated;
blank,
hollow;
nominal;
null;
inane.
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4 hollow
Lacking in substance or character.
adverb
Roget 52:
completely
etc.
adj.;
altogether,
outright,
wholly,
totally,
in toto,
quite;
all out;
over head and ears;
effectually,
for good and all,
nicely,
fully,
through thick and thin,
head and shoulders;
neck and heel,
neck and crop;
in all respects,
in every respect;
at all points,
out and out,
to all intents and purposes;
toto coelo [Lat.];
utterly;
clean,
clean as a whistle;
to the full,
to the utmost,
to the backbone;
hollow,
stark;
heart and soul,
root and branch,
down to the ground.
to the top of one's bent,
as far as possible,
a outrance†.
throughout;
from first to last,
from beginning to end,
from end to end,
from one end to the other,
from Dan to Beersheba,
from head to foot,
from top to toe,
from top to bottom,
de fond en comble [Fr.];
a fond,
a capite ad calcem [Lat.],
ab ovo usque ad mala [Lat.],
fore and aft;
every,
whit,
every inch;
cap-a-pie,
to the end of the chapter;
up to the brim,
up to the ears,
up to the eyes;
as a as can be.
on all accounts;
sous tous les rapports [Fr.];
with a vengeance,
with a witness.
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