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void

/vɔɪd/

noun

Meaning

  • An empty space; a vacuum.

    "Nobody has crossed the void since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go."

  • An extended region of space containing no galaxies

  • A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.

  • A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.

  • An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade.

Synonyms

pore,
bubble

verb

Meaning

  • To make invalid or worthless.

    "He voided the check and returned it."

  • To empty.

    "void one’s bowels"

  • To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.

    "to void excrement"

  • To withdraw, depart.

  • To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.

    "to void a table"

Synonyms

evacuate,
annul,
cancel

adjective

Meaning

  • Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.

  • Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.

  • Being without; destitute; devoid.

  • Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.

  • Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.

  • Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.

  • (of a function or method) That does not return a value.