[ US /ˈbɫæŋk/ ]
[ UK /blˈæŋk/ ]
NOUN
  1. a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
  2. a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
    he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet
  3. a blank gap or missing part
  4. a piece of material ready to be made into something
ADJECTIVE
  1. not charged with a bullet
    a blank cartridge
  2. (of a surface) not written or printed on
    wide white margins
    blank pages
    fill in the blank spaces
    a clean page
  3. without comprehension
    When I called her name, she gave me a blank look, as though she didn't know me
  4. complete and absolute
    blank stupidity
    utter seriousness
VERB
  1. keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning
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How To Use blank In A Sentence

  • Behold the mermaid blanket, a fishy update on that hygge groundbreaker, the slanket. Times, Sunday Times
  • His first impulse was to turn around and walk away, blank her out, pretend he hadn't even seen.
  • Finding the swiftest pursuer close upon his heels, he threw off, first his blanket, then his silver-laced coat and belt of peag, by which his enemies knew him to be Canonchet, and redoubled the eagerness of pursuit. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon
  • There wasn't a blank spot anywhere, beautiful carpets covered most of the floor and there were paintings and animal furs on the walls.
  • More than a foot of snow blanketed parts of Michigan.
  • I record my favourite songs onto blank tapes to play in the car and I normally do them by mood or genre.
  • A catapult fired point-blank, and flames broke over the roiled water, but it was pointless.
  • And here ... sign this blank cheque for what you owe.
  • *shuffle, dig dig* I digs throo teh blankees an finds wun just for yoo. Can I come live wiv u? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
  • The goal was another peg, some 30 feet and almost horizontally leftwards across yet another blank wall.
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