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hollowness

hollowness noun: the state or quality of being hollow.

Noun

hollowness (usually uncountable, plural hollownesses)

  1. (usually) The state or quality of being hollow.

hollowness meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Kannada

hollowness in Tamil

உடக்கு, குழிவு, சிதடு, வெண்டு, சப்பட்டை, லொடுக்கு

hollowness in Marathi

hollowness, emptiness, insubstantiality
भोक bhok

hollowness in Urdu

کھوکھلا پن, پول

hollowness in Kannada

ಜಳ್ಳು, ಜರಡು, ಡೊಗರುಬಿದ್ದಿರುವುದು, ಟೊಳ್ಳಾಗಿರುವುದು, ಹುರುಳಿಲ್ಲದಿರುವಿಕೆ, ಹುಸಿಯಾಗಿರುವಿಕೆ
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hollowness in Gujarati
પોલાણ polāṇ

Forms of hollowness

pluralhollownesses
alternative formhollownesse

Origin of hollowness

From hollow + -ness.

Questions about hollowness

What does hollowness mean?
Hollowness means the state or quality of being hollow.
What is hollowness in Tamil?
Hollowness in Tamil is உடக்கு, குழிவு, சிதடு. See Hollowness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hollowness?
Hollowness is a noun.
What is the plural of hollowness?
The plural of hollowness is hollownesses.

Words near hollowness in the dictionary

  1. hollowheartedness
  2. hollowing
  3. hollowing out
  4. hollowings
  5. hollowly
  6. hollowness
  7. hollownesses
  8. Hollowood
  9. Hollowoods
  10. hollowpoint
  11. hollowpoints

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hollowness (page history and authors); hollowness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); भोक (Marathi) (page history and authors); hollowness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hollowness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); પોલાણ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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