The term 'ALMOST EMPTY' can be summarized by two crossword solutions: LOW (3 letters) and DROPINTHEBUCKET (15 letters). LOW is an adjective that means having little or no quantity, while DROPINTHEBUCKET is an idiom that means something insignificant or unimportant. Together, these two solutions suggest that the term ALMOST EMPTY is used to describe something that has very little of something, or is almost completely void of it.