What is "blanks"

Usage examples of "blanks".

Mendeleev predicted that the blanks in his periodic table would be filled with elements of certain atomic weights and properties.

Attendant to the machine were numerous hand tools and gauges and drawers full of various steel blanks, just roughly machined metal shapes intended for further manufacturing into whatever specific purpose a technician might need.

His finger dipped and rose over the swell of her breasts, tracing the livid marks the blanks had left.