hollow
adjective
uk
/ˈhɒl.əʊ/ us
/ˈhɑː.loʊ/hollow adjective (NOT SINCERE)
C2
hollow adjective (SOUND)
Idiom
Synonyms
Meaning of hollow in English
(Definition of hollow from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
hollow | American Dictionary
hollow
adjective
us
/ˈhɑl·oʊ/hollow adjective (EMPTY)
Examples of hollow
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In this scenario, such formulations as ' the people ' could ring distinctly hollow.
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They also cultivate fruits and vegetables during the dry season in the hollows and near permanent ponds.
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It would at least make the excuses for not using them ring more hollow.
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When too much attention is paid to the spectacle being made, and not to the truth being administered, you have a hollow form.
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In total, seven funerary ollas, two hollow figurines, 23 vessels, and one miniature olla were found.
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The energetics of a linear array of hollow or stagnant-cored vortices of finite crosssection in an ideal fluid is studied in this paper.
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Six hundred times solid density compression of directly driven hollow shell pellets.
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The created plasma is confined by the capillary wall, electrode material and flow in a specified chamber through a hollow electrode.
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The hollow spaces left when the creatures dissolved were filled with silicate in solution.
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His creative devices are monotonous and there are many ' 'hollow' ' moments.
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There is a hollow wrist mechanism at the end of the arm where pneumatic and electrical services to end of arm tooling can be routed.
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This now means that campaigns aimed at encouraging the employment of older workers may ring hollow to some employers and older workers.
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X-ray emission from hollow atoms produced by collisions of multiply charged ions with a solid.
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There are very few hollow babies in which fingers are individually modeled.
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The problem with this approach is that the majority of nearly complete hollow babies have been looted, their context lost.
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पोकळ…
中が空洞の, 空洞, くぼみ…
kovuk, oyuk, boş…
creux/creuse, vain/vaine, creusé/-ée…
buit, forat…
hol, kuil, uitdieping…
உள்ளே ஒரு துளை அல்லது காலி இடம், (சூழ்நிலைகள், உணர்வுகள் அல்லது வார்த்தைகள்) மதிப்பு இல்லாமல்…
खोखला, (परिस्थितियों, भावनाओं…
પોલું, ખોખલું, નિરર્થક…
hul, fordybning, hulning…
ihålig, [i]hålighet, urholkning…
geronggang, berongga, lompong…
hohl, die Höhle, die Vertiefung…
hul, tom, uoppriktig…
کھوکھلا, خالی, خالی خولی…
порожній, пустий, глухий…
బోలు/ లోపల రంధ్రం లేదా ఖాళీ స్థలం ఉండటం, బూటకపు/ (పరిస్థితులు, భావాలు లేదా పదాలు) విలువ లేకుండా…
ফাঁপা, অর্থহীন, অন্তঃসারশূন্য…
dutý, důlek, jáma…
berongga, bergaung, cekungan…
กลวง, (เสียง) ก้อง, สิ่งที่กลวง หรือโบ๋…
rỗng, (âm thanh) từ một nơi rỗng, nơi trũng xuống…
pusty (w środku ), wydrążony, pusty…
빈, 움푹 꺼진 곳…
cavo, cavità, vuoto…
