Definition of hollow

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of hollow is as below...

Hollow (a.) Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.

Lern More About Hollow

Excavation :: Excavation (n.) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass..
Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel..
Pipe :: Pipe (v. i.) To become hollow in the process of solodifying; -- said of an ingot, as of steel..
Hollow :: Hollow (v. i.) To shout; to hollo.
Sea Trumpet :: Sea trumpet () A great blackish seaweed of the Southern Ocean, having a hollow and expanding stem and a pinnate frond, sometimes twenty feet long..
Coelacanth :: Coelacanth (a.) Having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes..
Pyrosome :: Pyrosome (n.) Any compound ascidian of the genus Pyrosoma. The pyrosomes form large hollow cylinders, sometimes two or three feet long, which swim at the surface of the sea and are very phosphorescent..
Barker''s Mill :: Barker's mill () A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from apertures in hollow horizontal arms, causing the machine to revolve on its axis..
Fundus :: Fundus (n.) The bottom or base of any hollow organ; as, the fundus of the bladder; the fundus of the eye..
Alveary :: Alveary (n.) The hollow of the external ear.
False-hearted :: False-hearted (a.) Hollow or unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious.
Sough :: Sough (v. i.) The sound produced by soughing; a hollow murmur or roaring.
Cave :: Cave (n.) To make hollow; to scoop out.
Invaginated :: Invaginated (a.) Having one portion of a hollow organ drawn back within another portion.
Die :: Die (n.) A hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool, made in one piece or composed of several parts, for forming screw threads on bolts, etc.; one of the separate parts which make up such a tool..
Fistulous :: Fistulous (a.) Hollow, like a pipe or reed; fistulose..
Barrel :: Barrel (n.) A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled..
Horn :: Horn (n.) A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox family consist externally of true horn, and are never shed..
Sway-bracing :: Sway-backed (a.) Having the back hollow or sagged, whether naturally or as the result of injury or weakness; -- said of horses and other animals..
Draintile :: Draintile (n.) A hollow tile used in making drains; -- called also draining tile.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us