hollow

Meanings

• a cavity or space in something
  • "hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks"
• a small valley between mountains
  • "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians"
• a depression hollowed out of solid matter
• remove the inner part or the core of
• remove the interior of
  • "hollow out a tree trunk"
• not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
  • "a hollow wall"
  • "a hollow tree"
  • "hollow cheeks"
  • "his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year"
• as if echoing in a hollow space
  • "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom"
• devoid of significance or point
  • "a hollow victory"

Synonyms

core out, dig, empty, excavate, hole, holler, hollow out, vacuous