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hollowed-out

hollowed-out is the alternative form of hollowed out.

Meaning of hollowed out

Adjective

hollowed out (not comparable)

  1. That has been hollowed out, that has been made hollow.
    • [F]or I may as well say at once that these hollowed-out caves were nothing more nor less than vast catacombs, in which for tens of ages the mortal remains of the great extinct race whose monuments surrounded us had been first preserved[.]1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Questions about hollowed-out

What is hollowed-out the alternative form of?
Hollowed-out is the alternative form of hollowed out.

Words near hollowed-out in the dictionary

  1. Hollowcause
  2. Hollowcaust
  3. Hollowcost
  4. hollowed
  5. hollowed out
  6. hollowed-out
  7. Hollowell
  8. Hollowells
  9. hollower
  10. hollowers
  11. hollowest

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