blank
Pronunciation[change]
Verb[change]
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- If you blank something, you make it empty.
Adjective[change]
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- If a piece of paper or something else is blank, it has nothing written on it.
- Synonyms: white, empty and featureless
- Antonym: used
- I asked Bill for a blank piece of paper, but he gave me one with writing on it.
- I thought he would sign the check, but he left it blank.
- The computer screen was completely blank because the computer was off.
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Noun[change]
- (countable) A blank is a space or line on a piece of paper or somewhere else where a word or phrase is supposed to be.
- Synonym: space
- Fill in the blanks on the legal form.
- (weapon) (countable) A blank is a cartridge that contains gunpowder but does not have a bullet. It used usually used for training or as a signal.