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noun
- A small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies"
- A sunken area in something solid.
- (US) A sunken area, the equivalent to a copse in British English.
- (figuratively) A feeling of emptiness.
Translations: - Italian: cavití
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: hueco , vacío
(trans-bottom)
verb
- to make a hole in something; to excavate (transitive)
adjective (hollower or more hollow, hollowest or most hollow)
- Of something solid, having an empty space inside.
- Of a sound, low-pitched, and maybe scary.
- a hollow moan
- (figuratively) Without substance, dishonest.
- a hollow promise
Translations: - Dutch: leeg
(trans-mid)
- French: vide
- French, vide m and f, creux
- German: hohl
- Italian: vuoto , vuota
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: hueco , falso
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