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blank
A	noun
	1	blank, dummy, blank shell
			a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚weaponry; arms; implements of war; weapons system; munition ╚ammunition; ammo ╚cartridge ╚blank, dummy, blank shell
	2	blank
			a piece of material ready to be made into something
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚sheet; flat solid ╚blank
	3	lacuna, blank
			a blank gap or missing part
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚opening ╚gap; crack ╚lacuna, blank
	4	blank
			a substitute for a taboo word; "I hit the blank blank car"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚auditory communication ╚speech; speech communication; spoken communication; spoken language; language; voice communication; oral communication ╚saying; expression; locution ╚euphemism ╚blank
	5	space, blank
			a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing; "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚signal; signaling; sign ╚symbol ╚written symbol; printed symbol ╚character; grapheme; graphic symbol ╚space, blank
B	verb
	1	blank
			keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning
		Category Tree: prevent; keep ╚blank
C	adjective
	1	blank
			void of expression; "a blank stare"

	2	blank, clean, white
			of a surface; not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins"

	3	blank
			not charged with a bullet; "a blank cartridge"

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