empty
adjective (NOTHING IN) /ˈemp.ti/Definition
A2 not containing any things or people: an empty house/street Shall I take the empty bottles for recycling? The train was empty (= there were no passengers) by the time it reached London.Empty emptily /-tɪ.li/ adverb Empty
(Definition of empty adjective (NOTHING IN) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bare adjective (EMPTY)
- blank adjective (EMPTY)
- clear adjective (NOT BLOCKED)
- dead adjective (NOT IN USE)
- deserted adjective (EMPTY)
- desolate adjective (EMPTY)
- desolation noun (EMPTINESS)
- emptiness noun (EMPTY SPACE)
- flat adjective (WITHOUT AIR)
- hollow adjective (EMPTY)
- lifeless adjective
- nothingness noun
- unfurnished adjective
- uninhabited adjective
- vacant adjective (EMPTY)
- vacuum noun (EMPTY SPACE)
- void adjective (WITHOUT)
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