hollow
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a cavity or space in something
hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks
Types & categories
- enclosed space hypernym
Related & opposite
- hollow derivation
Sense 2 verb
remove the inner part or the core of
the mining company wants to excavate the hillside
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- mining derivation
- excavation derivation
- excavation derivation
- dig derivation
- hollow derivation
Sense 3 adjective
not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
a hollow wall
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
a small valley between mountains
he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- hollow derivation
Sense 5 verb
remove the interior of
hollow out a tree trunk
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- hollow derivation
Sense 6 adjective
as if echoing in a hollow space
the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom
Related & opposite
- reverberant similar to
Sense 7 noun
a depression hollowed out of solid matter
Types & categories
- natural depression hypernym
- burrow hyponym
- gopher hole hyponym
- kettle hole hyponym
- pit hyponym
- pothole hyponym
- rabbit burrow hyponym
- wormhole hyponym
Related & opposite
- hollow out derivation
- hollow derivation
- hollow derivation
Sense 8 adjective
devoid of significance or point
empty promises
Related & opposite
- insincerity derivation
- vanity derivation
- mindlessness derivation
- meaningless similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hollow |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | enclosed space |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mining |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | excavation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | excavation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dig |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hollow |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | drive |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | trench |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | empty |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | solid |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | solidity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hollow |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | holler |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hollow |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hollowness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | cavernous |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | recessed |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | fistular |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | tubular |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hollow |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | valley |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dell |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | hollow |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | empty |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | gouge |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | scollop |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | hole |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | suck in |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | scoop out |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | cavern |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | cave |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | dig |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | excavate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | core |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | reverberant |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | hollow out |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | hollow |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | hollow |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural depression |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | burrow |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | gopher hole |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | kettle hole |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | pit |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | pothole |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | rabbit burrow |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | wormhole |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | insincerity |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | vanity |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | mindlessness |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | meaningless |