White

noun
hwaɪt

Adjective

  • anemic looking from illness or emotion

    lips white with terror

    a face white with rage

    Similar:AshenBlanchedBloodlessLivid
  • restricted to whites only

    under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains

    a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization

    Similar:Lily-white
  • marked by the presence of snow

    a white Christmas

    the white hills of a northern winter

    Similar:Snowy
  • glowing white with heat

    white flames

    a white-hot center of the fire

    Similar:White-hot
  • (of a surface) not written or printed on

    wide white margins

    Similar:BlankClean
  • (of hair) having lost its color

    the white hairs of old age

    Similar:Whitened
  • being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light

    as white as fresh snow

    a bride's white dress

    See also:Light-coloredLight
  • benevolent; without malicious intent

    that's white of you

  • free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied

    in shining white armor

  • of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration

    voting patterns within the white population

  • of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets

    white nights

  • (of coffee) having cream or milk added

Noun

  • the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water

    she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs

    Similar:AlbumenOvalbumin
    Type of:IngredientFixings
  • a Caucasian

    Similar:Caucasian
    Type of:IndividualSomebodySoul
  • (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth

    Similar:FlannelGabardineTweed
    Type of:PantTrousers
  • the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)

    Similar:Whiteness
  • United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)

  • United States architect (1853-1906)

  • a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri

  • United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)

  • Australian writer (1912-1990)

  • United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)

  • United States political journalist (1915-1986)

  • (board games) the lighter pieces

    Type of:PieceMan

Verb

  • turn white

    This detergent will whiten your laundry

    Similar:Whiten
    Type of:DiscolourDiscolorColour

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