English-Dutch translations for hollow

• leeg
• hol
  Duurzame ontwikkeling is tegenwoordig een hol woord. Sustainable development now sounds hollow.
  De rol van Europese exportkredietinstellingen (ECA's) laat zien hoe hol die bewering is. The role of European ECAs demonstrates the hollowness of this claim.
  Dus geen wonder dat onze veroordeling van de Israëlische acties zo hol klinkt voor de Palestijnen. So, no wonder our condemnation of Israeli actions sounds so hollow to Palestinians.
• holte
• laagte

Definition of hollow

• A small valley between mountains
• A sunken area or unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial
• A sunken area
• to make a hole in something; to excavate
• Having an empty space or cavity inside
• Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched
• Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless
• Insincere, devoid of validity; specious
• Concave; gaunt; sunken
• Pertaining to hollow body position
• Completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow
• To call#Verb|call or urge#Verb|urge by shout#Verb|shouting; to hollo#Verb|hollo

Examples

• He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.
• the hollow of the hand or of a tree
• a hollow in the pit of ones stomach
• a hollow tree; a hollow sphere
• He let out a hollow moan
• a hollow victory
• a hollow promise

Related words

• holloway
• hollowness
• hollowly
• hollow-eyed
• hollow-hearted
• Hollowell
• hollow-way
• hollow cave
• hollow core slab