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Hollow

Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere.

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Similar meaning 26

Cannular 84% connected

Having the form of a tube; tubular.

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Cannular 84% connected

Having the form of a tube; tubular.

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Cavernous 84% connected

Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow.

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Cavernous 84% connected

Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow.

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Fistular 84% connected

Hollow and cylindrical, like a pipe or reed.

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Fistular 84% connected

Hollow and cylindrical, like a pipe or reed.

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Fistulate 84% connected

To make hollow or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe.

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Fistulate 84% connected

To make hollow or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe.

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Fistulous 84% connected

Having the form or nature of a fistula; as, a fistulous ulcer.

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Fistulous 84% connected

Having the form or nature of a fistula; as, a fistulous ulcer.

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Insubstantial 84% connected

Unsubstantial; not real or strong.

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Insubstantial 84% connected

Unsubstantial; not real or strong.

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Recessed 84% connected

of Recess

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Recessed 84% connected

of Recess

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Reverberant 84% connected

Having the quality of reverberation; reverberating.

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Reverberant 84% connected

Having the quality of reverberation; reverberating.

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Sunken 84% connected

of Sink

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Sunken 84% connected

of Sink

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Tubular 84% connected

Having the form of a tube, or pipe; consisting of a pipe; fistular; as, a tubular snout; a tubular calyx. Also, containing, or provided with, tubes.

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Tubular 84% connected

Having the form of a tube, or pipe; consisting of a pipe; fistular; as, a tubular snout; a tubular calyx. Also, containing, or provided with, tubes.

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Unreal 84% connected

Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.

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Unreal 84% connected

Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.

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Unsubstantial 84% connected

Lacking in matter or substance; visionary; chimerical.

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Unsubstantial 84% connected

Lacking in matter or substance; visionary; chimerical.

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Vasiform 84% connected

Having the form of a vessel, or duct.

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Vasiform 84% connected

Having the form of a vessel, or duct.

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Burrow 76% connected

An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.

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Cavity 76% connected

Hollowness.

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Dell 76% connected

A small, retired valley; a ravine.

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Dingle 76% connected

A narrow dale; a small dell; a small, secluded, and embowered valley.

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Kettle 76% connected

A metallic vessel, with a wide mouth, often without a cover, used for heating and boiling water or other liguids.

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Pit 76% connected

A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation

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Pothole 76% connected

A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water in what was at first a natur…

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Tunnel 76% connected

A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a fun…

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Wormhole 76% connected

A burrow made by a worm.

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Manner of action 14

Cave 76% connected

A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.

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Cavern 76% connected

A large, deep, hollow place in the earth; a large cave.

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Core 76% connected

A body of individuals; an assemblage.

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Dig 76% connected

To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, o…

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Ditch 76% connected

A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach…

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Drive 76% connected

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

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Excavate 76% connected

To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth.

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Gouge 76% connected

A chisel, with a hollow or semicylindrical blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.; a similar instrument, wi…

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Hole 76% connected

Whole.

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Rout 76% connected

To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore loudly.

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Scallop 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially…

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Scollop 76% connected

See Scallop.

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Trench 76% connected

To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, or the like.

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Undermine 76% connected

To excavate the earth beneath, or the part of, especially for the purpose of causing to fall or be overthrown; to form a mine under; to sap; as, to u…

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Broader term 9

Cavity 76% connected

Hollowness.

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Depression 76% connected

The act of depressing.

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Empty 76% connected

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, r…

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Pull 76% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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Remove 76% connected

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Vale 76% connected

A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley.

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Valley 76% connected

The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually…

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Withdraw 76% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

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Derivationally related 4

Falseness 74% connected

The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy;…

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Falseness 74% connected

The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy;…

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Hollowness 74% connected

State of being hollow.

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Hollowness 74% connected

State of being hollow.

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Empty 66% connected

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, r…

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Empty 66% connected

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, r…

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Solidity 66% connected

The state or quality of being solid; density; consistency, -- opposed to fluidity; compactness; fullness of matter, -- opposed to openness or hollown…

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Solidity 66% connected

The state or quality of being solid; density; consistency, -- opposed to fluidity; compactness; fullness of matter, -- opposed to openness or hollown…

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Synonym 5

Dig 92% connected

To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, o…

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Empty 92% connected

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, r…

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Excavate 92% connected

To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth.

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Hole 92% connected

Whole.

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Vacuous 92% connected

Empty; unfilled; void; vacant.

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Antonym 2

Solid 94% connected

Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard…

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Solid 94% connected

Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard…

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