EMPTY
What does "EMPTY" mean?
Containing nothing; having no contents, occupants, or substance.
Meanings
- Holding or containing nothing. The fridge was completely empty by Sunday night.
- Lacking meaning, value, or feeling. His apology felt empty and rehearsed. figurative
- To remove all the contents of something. Please empty the bins before you leave.
- An empty container, especially a bottle (chiefly informal). He took the empties back for the deposit. informal
Did you know?
- The 'p' in 'empty' was never in the original word - Old English 'aemettig' had no 'p'; the sound crept in because the mouth produces a 'p' as it moves from 'm' to 't', the same accident that makes some people say 'hampster'.
Word origin
From Old English 'aemettig' (at leisure, unoccupied, vacant), from 'aemetta' (leisure); the 'p' was inserted later between 'm' and 't' for ease of pronunciation.
Remember it
EMPTY: imagine the box says 'M T' - say those two letters and you hear 'empty'.
A little poem
The cup holds nothing-
but nothing is the one thing
you can still fill up.
haiku
Wordplay
- How do you say 'empty' using only letters? M-T - the box that's all initials and no contents.
What it teaches
An empty vessel is not useless - it is the only kind that can still be filled.
Quick facts
What does EMPTY mean?
Containing nothing; having no contents, occupants, or substance.
Is EMPTY a valid word?
Yes — EMPTY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is EMPTY?
EMPTY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does EMPTY come from?
From Old English 'aemettig' (at leisure, unoccupied, vacant), from 'aemetta' (leisure); the 'p' was inserted later between 'm' and 't' for ease of pronunciation.
What can EMPTY teach us?
An empty vessel is not useless - it is the only kind that can still be filled.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.