as in concave
curved inward
there's a noticeably hollow spot in the mattress where he has been sleeping
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as in hole
a sunken area forming a separate space
made a little hollow in her mound of mashed potatoes and filled it with gravy
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as in valley
an area of lowland between hills or mountains
a quaint village nestled in a hollow among green hills
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Recent Examples of hollow
Adam Schwartz, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2025
It’s designed to contour to the natural curve of the neck, with special attention paid to spinal alignment, and sculpted mounds and hollows across the pillow’s surface keep ears, hands, shoulders, and arms comfy for a good night’s rest.
—Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2025
Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2025
The result is a magnificent mess: hypnotic to watch, brimming with ideas, and strangely hollow.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025
Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 7 July 2025
During and after the Great Depression, the Tennessee Valley Authority built dozens of hydroelectric dams, bringing electricity and flood control to the most remote and poverty-stricken hollows of Appalachia.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2025
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Adjective
Generations of disinvestment and economic abandonment have hollowed this place out.
—Adam Schwartz, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2025
It’s designed to contour to the natural curve of the neck, with special attention paid to spinal alignment, and sculpted mounds and hollows across the pillow’s surface keep ears, hands, shoulders, and arms comfy for a good night’s rest.
—Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
In order to get in, the doctors make tiny incisions in the white parts of the eye (the sclera) and use a hollow needle-like device with suction.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2025
The result is a magnificent mess: hypnotic to watch, brimming with ideas, and strangely hollow.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
Black velvet bows were placed on the dress at the hollow of the Steinfeld's neck, at the center of her bust and torso, and the bottom of the dress had a daring center slit that hit her mid-thigh.
—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 7 July 2025
During and after the Great Depression, the Tennessee Valley Authority built dozens of hydroelectric dams, bringing electricity and flood control to the most remote and poverty-stricken hollows of Appalachia.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hollow
Adjective
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The shape of the droplets primarily demonstrate whispering-gallery mode light emission, where the light travels around a concave surface, bouncing along the inside surface.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 July 2025
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Alpine slides are similar but have a continuous, concave surface instead of a track.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
4 July 2025
Noun
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Surely, Little Lake Lodge in Aspen, currently the most expensive home on the market in America, wouldn’t have any shame holes—not at $300 million.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Drainage holes that are located on the sides collect enough water for mosquitoes to breed in.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
29 Aug. 2025
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There are no big fires in eastern Oregon at the moment, and a half-dozen Idaho fires closer to Boise, but smoke from the nearly 7,000-acre Island Creek Fire somehow has made its way to the valley.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
22 Aug. 2025
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The poem, which Brown first encountered on social media, describes a conversation between two people walking in a valley.—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
22 Aug. 2025
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But a low spot in the ocean, a channel gouged down into the sand on the ocean surface, or a break in a sandbar, can disrupt that flow and push water through the spot to create a current much more powerful than the surrounding flow.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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The first con is to assert that a key reason gasoline prices are far higher in the Golden State than most of the nation is oil company gouging — not high state taxes and fees and complex state rules on how gasoline is formulated that add about $1.30 to the cost of a gallon.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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The training area consists of a sunken city, a hospital and crumbling buildings in … Op-eds in The Hill Opinions related to tech submitted to The Hill: You’re all caught up.—
Julia Shapero,
The Hill,
18 Aug. 2025
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They were found inside Owen’s sunken 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
18 Aug. 2025
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The film, which also stars the singer-songwriter Halsey, received middle-of-the-road reviews from critics and barely made a dent with $500,000 in sales from 1,100 theaters.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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The discovery helped the Naples resident land first place in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, which drew 934 hunters competing to make a dent in the state’s invasive Burmese python population, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced Aug. 13.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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If no alternative exists, set up camp in a valley, ravine, or other low-lying areas.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Students described being held down and having teammates rub their genitals on their faces, being groped in locker rooms, and in some cases penetrated with a broomstick.—
Hannah Dreyfus,
AZCentral.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The hacking group had previously penetrated nine U.S. telecommunications companies including AT&T and Verizon last year.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Hollow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollow. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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