Entry Word: emptiness

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a need or desire for food <the emptiness that usually sets in about three oʼclock in the afternoon> — see hunger 1
2 empty space <there in the vast emptiness of the desert was a long-abandoned jeep> — see vacancy 1
3 the quality or state of being empty <the emptiness of the interior of the isolated house just made it seem all the more eerie> — see vacancy 2