hollow
A small valley between mountains.
Example
“He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.”
Other meanings
A sunken area on a surface.
“He held the chick in the hollow of his hand.”
An unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
“a hollow in a tree trunk”
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "holh" (a hollow).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “hollow” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.