blank

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[ US /ˈbɫæŋk/ ]
[ UK /blˈæŋk/ ]

NOUN

a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet
a blank gap or missing part
a piece of material ready to be made into something

ADJECTIVE

not charged with a bullet
a blank cartridge
(of a surface) not written or printed on
wide white margins
blank pages
fill in the blank spaces
a clean page
without comprehension
When I called her name, she gave me a blank look, as though she didn't know me
complete and absolute
blank stupidity
utter seriousness

VERB

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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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