empties
Clears out completely
Empties are containers—bottles, cans, glasses—that have been drained of their contents.
The term appears most often in contexts involving return or disposal: Take the empties back to the store for the deposit.
In British usage, empties may refer specifically to beer bottles or glasses collected after drinking.
Dispenses liquid freely
- depletesUses until gone
- exhaustsCompletely uses up
- siphonsMoves fluid via suction
- pumpsLaceless dress shoes
flushes · bleeds · taps · draws · extracts · discharges · releases · voids
Narrow-necked liquid containers
- cansSealed metal containers
- glassesCorrective eyewear or tumblers
- jarsLidded glass containers
- cartonsLightweight cardboard containers
vessels · receptacles · kegs · drums · barrels · flasks · jugs · vials
Unable to produce
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- desertedLeft behind, uninhabited
- uninhabitedHaving no occupants
- forsakenCompletely abandoned or discarded
abandoned · lifeless · stark · sparse · bare · stripped · vacant · lonely
Empty space within
- voidWithout legal effect
- vacuumAbsence of matter
- basinConcave water receptacle
- depressionProlonged low state
pit · recess · pocket · crater · chasm · concavity · indentation · trough
pours
Dispenses liquid freely
pumps · flushes · bleeds · taps · draws · extracts · discharges · releases · voids · expels
bottles
Narrow-necked liquid containers
cartons · vessels · receptacles · kegs · drums · barrels · flasks · jugs · vials · cups
barren
Unable to produce
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- desertedLeft behind, uninhabited
- uninhabitedHaving no occupants
forsaken · abandoned · lifeless · stark · sparse · bare · stripped · vacant · lonely · forlorn
cavity
Empty space within
depression · pit · recess · pocket · crater · chasm · concavity · indentation · trough · bowl
trash
Discarded worthless material
scraps · purges · disposes · sheds · unloads · rejects · eliminates · declutters · throws · ditches
evacuates
Leaves a dangerous place
exits · abandons · deserts · relocates · withdraws · flees · retreats · moves · quits · decamps
- consumeseats, devours, consumes, ingests, swallows
- running outexpires, depletes, exhausts, drains, dwindles
- makeup slangbeat, beat face, contour, contouring, cut crease
- returnablesbottles, cans, returnables, beverage containers, soda cans
- VajrayanaTibetan Buddhism, tantra, mandala, dakini, mudra
- exhaust partstailpipe, muffler, manifold, catalytic converter, exhaust pipe
emptiesfills
Occupies completely
refills · loads · charges · replenishes · stocks
emptiescharges
Amounts owed or alleged
recharges · replenishes · restores · refuels · reenergizes
- inner emptiness
- spiritual emptinessLack of transcendent connection
- chronic emptinessEnduring internal void