Empty space (4 letters)

{ Answer }

VOID

{ Related Clues }

Word written across a bad check
Tear up, so to speak
Deep space, for the most part
No longer valid
Not legally binding
Missing a suit, in bridge
There's nothing in it
Null's partner
Make invalid
Set aside
Vast emptiness
Bridge asset at times
Out of cards in a suit
Null and ___
Invalidate, as a check
Annual
Empty
Annul
Unoccupied
Cancel
Inoperative
Nullify
Word on a sample check
Nothingness
Bridge vacancy
Emptiness

{ Tags }

bad, binding, bridge, check, emptiness, empty, invalid, invalidate, it, not, nothing, nullify, nulls, out, partner, space, suit, theres, void, word, written

{ Notes }

The answer VOID is common and appears about once every 350 puzzles.

{ 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"