1. (

• space ,
• blank

) a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing; "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet" ;

2. (

• lacuna ,
• blank ,

) a blank gap or missing part ;

3. (

• blank ,

) a piece of material ready to be made into something ;

4. (

• blank ,
• dummy ,
• blank_shell

) a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet ;

1. (

• blank

) keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning ;

1. (

• blank ,
• clean ,
• white

) (of a surface) not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins" ;

2. (

• blank ,

) without comprehension; "When I called her name, she gave me a blank look, as though she didn't know me" ;

3. (

• blank

) not charged with a bullet; "a blank cartridge" ;

4. (

• blank ,
• utter

) complete and absolute; "utter seriousness"; "blank stupidity" ;