Blankness

(of paper or other writing surface) having no marks; not written or printed on

a blank sheet of paper.

not filled in, as a printed form

a blank check.

unrelieved or unbroken by ornament, opening, decoration, etc.

a blank wall.

lacking some usual or completing feature

a blank roll of film.

(of a recording medium) containing no previously recorded information

a blank videocassette; a blank floppy disk. Compare prerecorded

void of interest, variety, results, etc.

She sometimes occupied her blank days reading detective stories.

showing no attention, interest, or emotion

a blank expression on his face.

disconcerted; nonplussed; speechless

He looked blank when I asked him why he applied for the job.

complete; utter; unmitigated

blank stupidity.

Archaic . white; pale; colorless.

a place where something is lacking; an empty space

a blank in one's memory.

a space in a printed form, test, etc., to be filled in

Write your name in the blank.

a printed form containing such spaces

Have you filled out one of these blanks?

a dash put in place of an omitted letter, series of letters, etc., esp. to avoid writing a word considered profane or obscene.

Metalworking . a piece of metal ready to be drawn, pressed, or machined into a finished object.

Archery . the bull's-eye.

the object toward which anything is directed; aim; target.

blank cartridge.

to cross out or delete, esp. in order to invalidate or void (usually fol. by out )

to blank out an entry.

Informal . to keep (an opponent) from scoring in a game.

Metalworking . to stamp or punch out of flat stock, as with a die. ?

draw a blank

to fail in an attempt; be unsuccessful

We've drawn a blank in the investigation.

to fail to comprehend or be unable to recollect

He asked me their phone number and I drew a blank.

noun

barrenness , hollowness , inanity , vacancy , vacuity , vacuousness , desolation , vacuum , void