Definition of hollow

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Hollow (n.) A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree..

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Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves to close the entrances of docks and basins..
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..
Hole :: Hole (n.) A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure..
Boweled :: Boweled (a.) Having bowels; hollow.
Pit :: Pit (n.) The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit..
Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe..
Cavicorn :: Cavicorn (a.) Having hollow horns.
Den :: Den (n.) A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter or concealment; as, a lion's den; a den of robbers..
Georama :: Georama (n.) A hollow globe on the inner surface of which a map of the world is depicted, to be examined by one standing inside..
Carcass :: Carcass (n.) A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc..
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp..
Hollowly :: Hollowly (adv.) Insincerely; deceitfully.
Raising :: Raising (n.) The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning..
Socket :: Socket (n.) An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth..
Shovel :: Shovel (v. t.) An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances..
Belly :: Belly (n.) The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back..
Drum :: Drum (n.) An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an orchestra, or cavalry band..
Cabling :: Cabling (n.) The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of the fluting. These are limited in length to about one third of the height of the shaft..
Cave :: Cave (n.) Any hollow place, or part; a cavity..
Hollow :: Hollow (interj.) Hollo.
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