Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of making hollow.
- noun A hollow; an excavation; a depression.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Act of making hollow; also, a hollow; an excavation; a depression.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of making
hollow . - noun A
hollow ; a physicaldepression .
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Examples
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When I threw these pieces into the lava, they occasioned that dull kind of sound which would have been produced by striking soft earth or thick mud; and at the same time formed in the lava an incavation, in w'lich they were buried about one third part of their bulk, and in this situation were carried away by the current.
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