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hol·low / ˈhälō/ • adj. 1. having a hole or empty space inside: each fiber has a hollow core. ∎ (of a thing) having a depression in its surface; concave: hollow cheeks. ∎ (of a sound) echoing, as though made in or on an empty container: a hollow cough. 2. without significance: the result was a hollow victory. ∎ insincere: a hollow promise. • n. a hole or depression in something: a hollow at the base of a large tree. ∎ a small valley: the house fell behind as they climbed out of the hollow. • v. [tr.] form by making a hole: a tunnel was hollowed out in a mountain range. ∎ make a depression in. PHRASES: beat someone hollow defeat or surpass someone completely or thoroughly. in the hollow of one's hand entirely in one's power: great events lay in the hollow of his hand.DERIVATIVES: hol·low·ly adv. hol·low·ness n. |
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"hollow." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "hollow." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-hollow.html "hollow." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-hollow.html |
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hollow adj. XII. ME. holʒ, holu, inflected hol(e)we, attrib. use of OE. holh hole, cave, obscurely rel. to hol HOLE.
Hence vb. XV, sb. |
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T. F. HOAD. "hollow." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "hollow." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-hollow.html T. F. HOAD. "hollow." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-hollow.html |
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hollow
•aloe, callow, fallow, hallow, mallow, marshmallow, sallow, shallow, tallow
•Pablo, tableau
•cashflow • Anglo • matelot
•Carlo, Harlow, Marlowe
•Bargello, bellow, bordello, cello, Donatello, fellow, jello, martello, mellow, morello, niello, Novello, Pirandello, Portobello, Punchinello, Uccello, violoncello, yellow
•pueblo • bedfellow • playfellow
•Oddfellow • Longfellow
•schoolfellow • Robin Goodfellow
•airflow • halo • Day-Glo
•filo, kilo
•armadillo, billow, cigarillo, Murillo, Negrillo, peccadillo, pillow, tamarillo, Utrillo, willow
•inflow • Wicklow • furbelow • Angelo
•pomelo • uniflow
•kyloe, lilo, milo, silo
•Apollo, follow, hollow, Rollo, swallow, wallow
•Oslo • São Paulo • outflow
•bolo, criollo, polo, solo, tombolo
•rouleau • regulo • modulo • mudflow
•diabolo • bibelot • pedalo • underflow
•buffalo
•brigalow, gigolo
•bungalow
•Michelangelo, tangelo
•piccolo • tremolo • alpenglow • tupelo
•contraflow • afterglow • overflow
•furlough • workflow
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"hollow." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "hollow." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-hollow.html "hollow." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-hollow.html |
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