hollow
Empty inside it
Hollow describes something with empty space inside where solid material might be expected.
A hollow tree has rotted at the center.
A hollow sound reverberates as if striking an empty chamber.
Figuratively, hollow means lacking substance or sincerity: a hollow victory brings no satisfaction, hollow words ring false.
A hollow is also a small valley or depression in terrain: a wooded hollow between the hills.
To hollow something out is to remove its interior.
Fruit's hard seed
- depressionProlonged low state
- voidWithout legal effect
- pocketFabric compartment in clothing
- chamberEnclosed room or cavity
recess · socket · niche · alcove · concavity · indentation · burrow · den
Descended beneath water level
- gauntLean from deprivation
- drawnRendered in lines
- concaveCurving inward, not outward
- sculptedShaped into art
chiseled · prominent · angular · bone-structure · contoured · shadowed · thin · lean
Without an occupant
- voidWithout legal effect
- unfilledNot occupied or completed
- bareLacking any covering
- emptiedRemoved all contents from
gutted · evacuated · cleared · drained · devoid · blank · cavernous · vacuous
Holding nothing inside
- voidWithout legal effect
- meaninglessLacking significance or purpose
- unfulfilledNot brought to completion
- vacantWithout an occupant
numb · soulless · aching · desolate · bereft · forlorn · bleak · barren
Lean from deprivation
- haggardExhausted in appearance
- drawnRendered in lines
- cadaverousResembling the deceased
- skeletalOf or like bones
emaciated · pinched · wan · pallid · wasted · thin · bony · angular
Low ground between heights
- daleBroad open valley
- glenNarrow wooded valley
- dellSmall, sheltered valley
- basinConcave water receptacle
ravine · gorge · gulch · canyon · gully · vale · combe · cwm
Not matching reality
- emptyHolding nothing inside
- meaninglessLacking significance or purpose
- shallowWithout much depth
- superficialLacking depth or substance
feigned · phony · sham · fake · pretended · disingenuous · hypocritical · token
pit
Fruit's hard seed
- depressionProlonged low state
- voidWithout legal effect
- pocketFabric compartment in clothing
chamber · recess · socket · niche · alcove · concavity · indentation · burrow · den · tunnel
sunken
Descended beneath water level
sculpted · chiseled · prominent · angular · bone-structure · contoured · shadowed · thin · lean · jutting
vacant
Without an occupant
emptied · gutted · evacuated · cleared · drained · devoid · blank · cavernous · vacuous · shell
empty
Holding nothing inside
- voidWithout legal effect
- meaninglessLacking significance or purpose
- unfulfilledNot brought to completion
vacant · numb · soulless · aching · desolate · bereft · forlorn · bleak · barren · purposeless
gaunt
Lean from deprivation
- haggardExhausted in appearance
- drawnRendered in lines
- cadaverousResembling the deceased
skeletal · emaciated · pinched · wan · pallid · wasted · thin · bony · angular · concave
valley
Low ground between heights
basin · ravine · gorge · gulch · canyon · gully · vale · combe · cwm · bottomland
false
Not matching reality
- emptyHolding nothing inside
- meaninglessLacking significance or purpose
- shallowWithout much depth
superficial · feigned · phony · sham · fake · pretended · disingenuous · hypocritical · token · perfunctory
resonant
Deeply vibrating with sound
- reverberantTending to echo
- echoingReflecting sound repeatedly
- boomingExperiencing rapid growth
ringing · muffled · dull · thudding · thumping · drumlike · deep · sonorous · rumbling · cavernous
- cavescave, cavern, caves, caverns, grotto
- desolationbleakness, barrenness, emptiness, wasteland, desolation
- openingsopening, aperture, gap, slit, crack
- valleysdales, alpine valley, canyon, vales, glacial valley
- depleteddepleted, exhausted, drained, spent, empty
- depthsabyss, deep, bottom, chasm, fathomless
hollowconvex
Curved outward externally
bulging · protruding · protuberant · raised · projecting
- hollow outRemove interior contents
- hollowed outInterior material removed
- holler back
- ring hollowSeem insincere when spoken
- hollowing outRemoving interior material
- hollow victoryTriumph devoid of reward
holler, holly, hollows, hollowed, hollowness, hollowing, hollowed out, hollowly, hollower