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no

 
/noʊ/ adj [not gradable] (NOT ANY)

Definition

not any; not one; not a: There’s no butter left. No trees grow near the top of the mountain. There’s no chance of us getting there by eight. She no longer writes to me (= does not continue to write to me). In signs and official notices, "no" is used to show that something is not allowed: No hunting/trespassing/swimming
(Definition of no adj (NOT ANY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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