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American A steep, horseshoe-shaped canyon and seasonal waterfall located in the Ponca Wilderness Area of northwestern Arkansas, featuring the tallest cascading waterfall between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains.

Word Nuance & Usage

While occasionally used as a descriptive phrase for a confined valley, it almost exclusively refers to the proper geographical feature 'Hemmed-In Hollow' in Arkansas and is capitalized in such contexts.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Hemmed in hollow. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/hemmed-in-hollow
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