Hollow
WordNet
adjective
(1) Devoid of significance or point
"Empty promises"
"A hollow victory"
"Vacuous comments"
(2) As if echoing in a hollow space
"The hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom"
(3) Deliberately deceptive
"Hollow (or false) promises"
"False pretenses"
(4) 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"
noun
(5) A depression hollowed out of solid matter
(6) A small valley between mountains
"He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians"
(7) A cavity or space in something
"Hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks"
verb
(8) Remove the interior of
"Hollow out a tree trunk"
(9) Remove the inner part or the core of
"The mining company wants to excavate the hillside"
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- (of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.
- (of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
- a hollow moan
- Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
- a hollow victory
- Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
- a hollow promise