Topic: TRAINS, RAILWAYS
Explore TRAINS, RAILWAYS Topic
baggage car
baggage room
boat train
boxcar
BR
buffer
caboose
carriage
cattle truck
choo-choo
coach
communication cord
conductor
couchette
cowcatcher
cutting
day return
departures board
depot
derail
dining car
electrify
emergency cord
engine
express
flatcar
freight
freight train
gauge
grade
grade crossing
gradient
guard
guard's van
handcar
inbound
light railway
line
lineman
local
locomotive
loop
mail train
main line
metro
monorail
narrow gauge
platform
Pullman
rail
railroad
railway
railway line
railway station
rapid transit system
restaurant car
rolling stock
shunt(v)
shunt(n)
siding
signal
signal box
signalman
sleeper
sleeping car
spur
station master
steam
stock car
subway
tender
terminus
thrust
track
train
train spotter
truck
turntable
van
vestibule
wagon
way station
| Language: | Old English |
| Origin: | æmettig |
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emp‧ty1 S2 W2
comparative emptier, superlative emptiest
comparative emptier, superlative emptiest1 having nothing inside : 
an empty boxan empty bottle The fuel tank's almost empty.
container
an empty boxan empty bottleThe fuel tank's almost empty.2 an empty place does not have any people in it : I hate coming home to an empty house. The streets were empty.
place
I hate coming home to an empty house.The streets were empty.3 not being used by anyone : I spotted an empty table in the corner. He put his feet on an empty chair.
not used
I spotted an empty table in the corner.He put his feet on an empty chair.4 unhappy because nothing in your life seems interesting or important : Her life felt empty and meaningless.
person/life
Her life felt empty and meaningless.5 words etc that are not sincere, or have no effect : His repeated promises to pay them back were just empty words.
empty words/gestures/promises etc
His repeated promises to pay them back were just empty words.6 to do something without having eaten any food first : I can't work properly on an empty stomach.
do something on an empty stomach
I can't work properly on an empty stomach.7 a situation in which parents become sad because their children have grown up and moved out of their house
empty nest
alsoempty nest syndrome
8 not containing a particular type of thing, or not having a particular quality : The beach was almost empty of people.
empty of something
The beach was almost empty of people.9 to continue doing something even though you no longer have supplies of something you need in order to do it properly : With the country running on empty, the president has no hope of winning the election.
be running on empty
With the country running on empty, the president has no hope of winning the election. —emptily adverb
