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a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians" a cavity or space in something; "hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks" remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk" as if echoing in a hollow space; "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom" reverberant 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" cavernous, deep-set, empty, fistular, hollowed, tubular a depression hollowed out of solid matter devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments" meaningless deliberately deceptive; "hollow (or false) promises"; "false pretenses" insincere remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite" |
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