hollow-back

1. 1.

   an abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column

   Synonymslordosis

   Broaderspinal curvature

Questions about hollow-back

What does hollow-back mean?

hollow-back means "an abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column".

How many syllables are in hollow-back?

hollow-back has 3 syllables: hol-low--back. The stress falls on "hol".

What is another word for hollow-back?

Close synonyms include lordosis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hollow-back a common word?

hollow-back is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.