hollowing

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of hollow

plural hollowings

1. The process by which something becomes hollowed, or the result of that process.

   Near-synonyms: hollowing out, hollow, cavity, concavity, depression

   1 more example

   Such hollowing is not seen in the smaller otoliths figured by Campana (herein reproduced on Pl. 5, Fig. 1) and by Ohe, and it may be a feature that […]

   2007, Dirk Nolf, James C. Tyler, “Otolith evidence concerning interrelationships of caproid, zeiform and tetraodontiform fishes”, in Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Biologie, volume 76, pages 147–189

   Synonyms: hollowing out, hollow, cavity, concavity, depression

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of hollow

plural hollowings

1. The act of one who hollows (hollos); a cry or shouting.

   Near-synonyms: hallooing, halloo, hollering, holler, bellowing, bellow

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   At length, about three o'clock in the morning, we heard the distant hollowings of our watermen, and soon after refreshed ourselves with copious draughts of the delicious water of the Nile.

   1819, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Travels in Nubia

   Synonyms: hallooing, halloo, hollering, holler, bellowing, bellow