HOLLOW OUT

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does hollow out mean? 

• HOLLOW OUT (verb)
  The verb HOLLOW OUT has 1 sense:

1. remove the interior of

  Familiarity information: HOLLOW OUT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOLLOW OUT (verb)

Meaning:

Remove the interior of

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

core out; hollow out; hollow

Context example:

hollow out a tree trunk

Hypernyms (to "hollow out" is one way to...):

empty (make void or empty of contents)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hollow out"):

gouge; rout (make a groove in)

excavate (form by hollowing)

dig; dig out (create by digging)

cave; undermine (hollow out as if making a cave or opening)

cavern; cavern out (hollow out as if making a cavern)

scoop out (hollow out with a scoop)

draw in; suck in (draw in as if by suction)

hole (make holes in)

scallop; scollop (form scallops in)

core (remove the core or center from)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They hollow out the trees