hueco

Definitions of hueco
  1. noun
    a small recess opening off a larger room
    synonyms: apartadizo, cavidad, entrepaño, hornacina
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    types:
    caseta
    small individual study area in a library
    type of:
    depresión, nicho
    an enclosure that is set back or indented
  2. noun
    a blank gap or missing part
    synonyms: blanco, laguna, vacío
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    type of:
    intersticio, resquicio
    a narrow opening
  3. noun
    a depression hollowed out of solid matter
    synonyms: hoya, hoyo, socavón
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    madriguera
    a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter
    cavidad, fosa, hoyo
    a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
    bache, badén
    a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface)
    conejera, conejero, gazapera
    a hole in the ground as a nest made by wild rabbits
    arenas movedizas
    a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down
    arenal
    a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug
    conejera
    a series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits
    type of:
    depresión, hoyo, mella, muesca
    a sunken or depressed geological formation
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