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2 تَجْوِيفٌ تجويف The making [a thing] hollow, or empty in the middle. (KL, PS.) You say, جوّفهُ, inf. n. تَجْوِيفٌ, [He made it hollow; hollowed it out;] he made it to have a جَوْف. (Msb.) And of a thing that is مُجَوَّف, (S, K,) i. e. أجْوَف, (S,) you say, فِيهِ تَجْوِيفٌ [In it is a hollowing out; meaning a hollow, in which sense تجويف has a pl., namely, تَجَاوِيفُ]. (S, K.) ― -b2- See also 1.

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