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Hollow Recessed Crossword Clue

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199%6Exact Match!
232%8 Created a hollow, recessed, or depressed area
328%6Recessed space

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "SUNKEN" which means:

    adjective satellite
  • • Having a sunken area
  • verb
  • • (heading, physical) to move or be moved into something.
  • • (heading, social) to diminish or be diminished.
  • • To conceal and appropriate.
  • • To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
  • • To pay absolutely.
  • • To reduce or extinguish by payment.
  • • To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
  • • To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
  • adjective
  • • Caused, by natural or unnatural means, to be depressed (lower than the surrounding area) or submerged
  • • (of eyes or cheeks) seeming to have fallen deeper back into the face due to tiredness, illness, or old age.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The treasure chest lay sunken at the bottom of the ocean."
  • • "We explored the sunken ruins of an ancient city."

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New York Times10 Oct 1977 Across 46
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