dɪɡ

ˈɛmpti ˈɛk.skə.veɪt ˈvækju.əs lacking in substance or character a hollow person remove the interior of hollow out a tree trunk remove the inner part or the core of the mining company wants to excavate the hillside devoid of significance or force empty promises a hollow victory vacuous comments as if echoing in a hollow space the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom not solid; having a space or gap or cavity a hollow wall a hollow tree hollow cheeks his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year a depression hollowed out of solid matter a small valley between mountains he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians a cavity or space in something hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks