HOLLOWS

"HOLLOWS" is a plural of: hollow.

Date "HOLLOWS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1593. (references)

Specialty Definition: HOLLOWS

Domain	Definition
Mining	Eng. Old abandoned workings. (references)
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Synonym: HOLLOWS

Synonym: Valleys. (additional references)

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Crosswords: HOLLOWS

English words defined with "HOLLOWS": Cabling, corrugated iron ♦ hollow ♦ Notching ♦ Scrobiculated ♦ Window box. (references)

Specialty definitions using "HOLLOWS": cavernous weathering, cloggage, CONCAVING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ die forging ♦ GROOVER AND TURNER ♦ Halhul, hill-and-dale formation ♦ jouph holes ♦ loodwin ♦ shrink holes ♦ undesirable settling down. (references)

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Modern Usage: HOLLOWS

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Passion in Hot Hollows (1969)
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Familiar Quotations: HOLLOWS

Author	Quotation
Lucretius	The ring on the finger becomes thin beneath by wearing, the fall of dripping water hollows the stone.
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Use in Literature: HOLLOWS

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The hollows under her collar bones would make one weep.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	The approach to this was through a succession of descending grassy hollows, full of young pitch pines, into a larger wood about the swamp.
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Usage Frequency: HOLLOWS

"HOLLOWS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.32% of the time. "HOLLOWS" is used about 146 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (plural)	99.32%	145	26,217
Lexical Verb (-s form)	0.68%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	146	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: HOLLOWS

Language		Translations for "HOLLOWS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		Hohlräume. (various references)

Manx		lig. (various references)

Pig Latin		ollowshay
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Bible Trace: HOLLOWS

Language	Date	Source	Hosea Chapter 12, Verse 12
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Ei mh galaad estin ara yeudeiV hsan en galgal arconteV qusiazonteV kai ta qusiasthria autwn wV celwnai epi cerson agrou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Fugit Iacob in regionem Syriae et servivit Israhel in uxore et in uxore servavit
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Jacob fleiy into the cuntrie of Sirie, and Irael seruyde into wyf, and seruyde into wyf.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	In Gilead there is evil. They are quite without value; in Gilgal they make offerings of oxen; truly their altars are like masses of stones in the hollows of a ploughed field.
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Matched Bible Translations: HOLLOWS

Language	Hosea Chapter 12, Verse 12
Cebuano	Ug si Jacob mikalagiw ngadto sa kapatagan sa Aram, ug si Israel nag-alagad aron makapangasawa, namagbalantay siya sa mga carnero aron makapangasawa.
Croatian	Gilead je puko bezakonje, ispraznost sama; u Gilgali žrtvuju bikove; zato æe im oltari biti k'o hrpe kamenja u brazdama poljskim.
Danish	Gilead er Løgn og Tomhed, i Gilgal ofrer de Tyre; som Stendynger langs med Markfurer er deres Altre.
Finnish	Jos Gilead on pelkkää petosta ollutkin, niin he pelkäksi turhuudeksi tulevatkin. Gilgalissa on uhrattu härkiä, niinpä tuleekin heidän alttareistansa kuin kiviröykkiöitä, joita on pellon vaoilla.
German	Jakob mußte fliehen in das Land Syrien, und Israel mußte um ein Weib dienen, und um ein Weib mußte er hüten.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Jikalau Gilead itu tempat kedudukan fusuk, maka di Gilgal juga diperbuat jahat belaka! Mereka itu sudah mempersembahkan korban kepada lembu jantan, dan lagi segala mezbah mereka itu jadi seperti timbunan batu dan kersik di dalam alur-aluran bendang.
Maori	I rere ano a Hakopa ki te mara a Arame, a mahi ana a Iharaira hei utu wahine; hei utu wahine i tiaki hipi ai ia.
Norwegian	Er Gilead fullt av misgjerninger, så skal de også bli rent til intet; har de ofret okser i Gilgal, så skal og deres altere bli som stenrøser langsmed markens furer.
Rumanian	Iacov a fugit odinioarq kn ckmpia lui Aram, Israel a slujit pentru o femeie, wi pentru o femeie a pqzit turmele.
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Misspellings: HOLLOWS

Misspellings
	"HOLLOWS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Hollaus, Holmwys, holow, Hullaw, ollow. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "HOLLOWS"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "HOLLOWS" (pronounced hÄ"lōz)
4	-Ä" l ō z	follows, swallows.
3	-l ō z	armadillos, bedfellows, bellows, billows, fellows, furloughs, gallows, hallows, halos, mallows, marshmallows, Milos, pillows, solos, yellows.
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Anagrams: HOLLOWS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "h-l-l-o-o-s-w"
	-1 letter: hollos, hollow.
	-2 letters: hollo, howls, shool, whoso, wools, woosh.
	-3 letters: hols, howl, hows, loos, lows, oohs, owls, shoo, show, slow, solo, wool, woos.
	-4 letters: how, loo, low, oho, ohs, ooh, owl, sol, sow, who, woo, wos.
	-5 letters: ho, lo, oh, os, ow, sh, so, wo.
	Words containing the letters "h-l-l-o-o-s-w"
	+2 letters: blowholes, hollowest.
	+3 letters: hollowares, hollowness, whirlpools.
	+4 letters: hollowwares, wholesomely.
	+5 letters: followership, hollownesses, schoolfellow.
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