void
Pronunciation:
/vɔɪd/noun
Definitions
An empty space; a vacuum.
Example: 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.
verb
Definitions
To make invalid or worthless.
Example: He voided the check and returned it.
To empty.
Example: void one’s bowels
To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.
Example: to void excrement
To withdraw, depart.
adjective
Definitions
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.