Meaning of hollow In English

• 0 having a hole or empty space inside:

  • a hollow tube

  • Hollow blocks are used because they are lighter.

  • a hollow log

• 1 (of situations, feelings, or words) without value, or not true or sincere:

  • It was something of a hollow victory - she won the case but lost all her savings in legal fees.

  • Even sex had become a hollow pleasure.

  • Will their good intentions become realities or are they just hollow promises?

• 2 (of sound) as if made by hitting an empty container:

  • a hollow sound

  • This tree trunk sounds hollow.

• 3 a hole or empty space in something, or a low area in a surface:

  • The dog found a hollow in the ground to hide in from the wind.

  • We used to go for long walks in the hollow.

  • Sleepy Hollow

• 4 having an empty space inside or on the surface of an object:

  • a hollow tree

  • His hollow cheeks and paleness made him look ill.

  • the low, hollow rumble of thunder

• 5 (of situations, feelings, or words) lacking value; not true or sincere:

  • a hollow victory

  • hollow promises

  • Their objections had a hollow ring (= did not seem sincere).

• 6 an empty space inside something; a hole

  • We hiked along Bear Hollow last weekend.