The noisy woodpecker tapped the hollow trunk.

Meaning: This sentence describes a noisy woodpecker pecking on the empty inside of a tree trunk.

Choice of Words: Noisy means making a lot of sound. Woodpecker is a type of bird that pecks on trees. Tapped means to hit something lightly and repeatedly. Hollow means empty inside. Trunk is the main stem of a tree. When you put them together, "the noisy woodpecker tapped the hollow trunk" means the woodpecker was making a lot of noise by pecking on the empty inside of the tree trunk.

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