blank
adjective /blæŋk/
/blæŋk/
Idioms - empty, with nothing written, printed or recorded on it
- Sign your name in the blank space below.
- a blank CD
- Write on one side of the paper and leave the other side blank.
- She turned to a blank page in her notebook.
- I left the third column blank.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- go
- remain
- …
- completely
- entirely
- (of a wall or screen) empty; with no pictures, marks or decoration
- blank whitewashed walls
- Suddenly the screen went blank.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- go
- remain
- …
- completely
- entirely
- showing no feeling, understanding or interest
- She stared at me with a blank expression on her face.
- Steve looked blank and said he had no idea what I was talking about.
- Suddenly my mind went blank (= I could not remember anything).
- I asked several people about it and just got blank stares in return.
Extra Examples- His expression remained studiously blank.
- Her explanation was met with blank looks.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- go
- …
- completely
- totally
- studiously
- …
- [only before noun] (of negative things) complete and total
- a blank refusal/denial
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘white, colourless’): from Old French blanc ‘white’, ultimately of Germanic origin.
Idioms
a blank canvas/slate
- a person or thing that has the potential to be developed or changed in many different ways
- The building is a blank canvas for an clever investor to potentially make a lot of money.
- Alice was a blank slate in the first film because she had memory loss and knew nothing about herself.