Hollow-back
noun, Bookbinding.
1.
a paper tube or roll, almost flattened, having one side glued to the back of a book and the other to the inside of the spine.
noun
1.
(pathol) the nontechnical name for lordosis Compare hunchback
hollow back hol·low back (hŏl’ō)
n.
See lordosis.
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hollow bone n. See pneumatic bone.
- Hollow-forge
[hol-oh-fawrj, -fohrj] /ˈhɒl oʊˈfɔrdʒ, -ˈfoʊrdʒ/ verb (used with object), hollow-forged, hollow-forging. 1. to produce (a tube or vessel) by trepanning a hole in a forging and expanding it with further forging on a mandrel.
- Hollow-eyed
[hol-oh-ahyd] /ˈhɒl oʊˌaɪd/ adjective 1. having sunken eyes. adjective 1. with the eyes appearing to be sunk into the face, as from excessive fatigue
- Hollow-ground
[hol-oh-ground] /ˈhɒl oʊˈgraʊnd/ adjective 1. ground so as to produce a concave surface or surfaces behind a cutting edge: the hollow-ground blade of an ice skate.
- Hollowing
[hol-oh] /ˈhɒl oʊ/ adjective, hollower, hollowest. 1. having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere. 2. having a depression or concavity: a hollow surface. 3. sunken, as the cheeks or eyes. 4. (of sound) not resonant; dull, muffled, or deep: a hollow voice. 5. without real or significant worth; meaningless: a […]