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hollow
English
Alternative forms
- hallow
- holler (nonstandard: dialectal, especially Southern US)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?h?l.??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?h?.lo?/
- (Southern American English, Appalachia) IPA(key): /h?l?/
- Rhymes: -?l??
Etymology 1
From Middle English holow, holowe, holwe, holw?, holgh, from Old English holh (“a hollow”), from Proto-Germanic *halhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *?el?wos. Cognate with Old High German huliwa and hulwa, Middle High German hülwe. Perhaps related to hole.
Noun
hollow (plural hollows)
- A small valley between mountains.
- c. 1710–20, Matthew Prior, The First Hymn Of Callimachus: To Jupiter
- Forests grew upon the barren hollows.
- c. 1710–20, Matthew Prior, The First Hymn Of Callimachus: To Jupiter
- A sunken area or unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
- (figuratively) A feeling of emptiness.
- (US) A sunken area.
Translations
Verb
hollow (third-person singular simple present hollows, present participle hollowing, simple past and past participle hollowed)
- (transitive) to make a hole in something; to excavate
Etymology 2
From Middle English holowe, holwe, holu?, holgh, from the noun (see above).
Adjective
hollow (comparative hollower, superlative hollowest)
- (of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.
- a hollow tree; a hollow sphere
- (of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
- 1903, George Gordon Byron, On Leaving Newstead Abbey
- Through thy battlements, Newstead, the hollow winds whistle:
- 1903, George Gordon Byron, On Leaving Newstead Abbey
- (figuratively) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
- a hollow victory
- (figuratively) Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
- a hollow promise
- Concave; gaunt; sunken.
- c. 1596-1599, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
- To view with hollow eye and wrinkled brow
- c. 1596-1599, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
- (gymnastics) Pertaining to hollow body position
Derived terms
- hollow leg
Translations
Adverb
hollow (not comparable)
- (colloquial) Completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.
Etymology 3
Compare holler.
Verb
hollow (third-person singular simple present hollows, present participle hollowing, simple past and past participle hollowed)
- To call or urge by shouting; to hollo.
- 1814. Sir Walter Scott, Waverley
- He has hollowed the hounds.
- 1814. Sir Walter Scott, Waverley
Interjection
hollow
- Alternative form of hollo
References
- hollow in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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fossette
English
Etymology
French, diminutive of fosse (“a fosse”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /f??s?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?f??s?t/, /?f??s?t/
Noun
fossette (plural fossettes)
- A little hollow; a dimple.
- (medicine) A small, deep-centred ulcer of the transparent cornea.
- (dentistry) A small depression in the crown of a tooth
Translations
French
Etymology
fosse +? -ette, a diminutive suffix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?.s?t/
Noun
fossette f (plural fossettes)
- dimple
Further reading
- “fossette” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
fossette f
- plural of fossetta
Anagrams
- fottesse
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