The Clue
Empty space (4 letter answer)
The Answer
VOID
Tags
Notes
The answer VOID is common and appears about once every 350 puzzles.
Related Clues
Annual
Annul
Cancel
Emptiness
Empty
Inoperative
Invalid
Invalidate
Nothingness
Null and ___
Nullify
Unoccupied
Bridge vacancy
Invalidate, as a check
Make invalid
Null's partner
Set aside
Vast emptiness
Bridge asset at times
Missing a suit, in bridge
No longer valid
Not legally binding
Out of cards in a suit
There's nothing in it
Word on a sample check
Deep space, for the most part
Tear up, so to speak
Whole lot of nothing
Word written across a bad check
Definition
VOID as a noun:
1. (nothingness, void, nullity, nihility) = the state of nonexistence
2. (void, vacancy, emptiness, vacuum) = an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum"
VOID as a verb:
1. (invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify) = declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
2. clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something; "The chemist voided the glass bottle"; "The concert hall was voided of the audience"
3. (invalidate, void, vitiate) = take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate a contract"
4. (evacuate, void, empty) = excrete or discharge from the body
VOID as an adjective:
1. (null, void) = lacking any legal or binding force; "null and void"
2. containing nothing; "the earth was without form, and void"