A water drop hollows a stone not by force but by falling often.
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Hollows
Synonyms for "hollows" (17 found)
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18 entriesair cavitybone cavitycavity formationcost cuttingdaledecaydelldownsizingexistential voidhole creationlog hollowingnasal cavityoral cavityorbital cavityspiritual emptinessstaff reduction
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11 entriesAppalachian hollowsdeep hollowsforest hollowsground hollowshollowhollowedhollowinghollowlyhollownesskarst hollowsseasonal hollows
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A water drop hollows out a stone not by force but by falling often.
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After the Earth's surface had cooled to a temperature below the boiling point of water, rain began to fall—and continued to fall for centuries. As the water drained into the great hollows in the Earth's surface, the primeval ocean came into existence.
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Tawny owls nest in hollows.
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