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white


Definition: Meaning of, white in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / wʌɪt /

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white whiter whitest
  1. colour having the colour of milk, salt, or snow
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  2. people belonging to the race of people with pale skin [↪  black]
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  3. people relating to white people
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  4. pale looking pale, because of illness, strong emotion etc
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  5. coffee [usually before noun] British English white coffee has milk or cream in it
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  6. wine white wine is a pale yellow colour [↪  red]
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  7. a white Christmas a Christmas when there is snow
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white whites
  1. colour [uncountable] the colour of milk, salt, and snow
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  2. people [countable] also White someone who belongs to the race of people with pale skin [↪  black]
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  3. wine [uncountable and countable] wine that is pale yellow in colour
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  4. eye [countable + of] the white part of your eye
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  5. egg [uncountable and countable] the part of an egg that surrounds the YOLK (= yellow part) and becomes white when cooked
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  6. whites [plural] white clothes, sheets etc, which are separated from dark colours when they are washed
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  7. whites [plural] white clothes that are worn for some sports, such as TENNIS
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White


Definition: Meaning of, White in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / waɪt /

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  1. a member of the Caucasoid race
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    White person, Caucasian
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  2. 1845-1921 united States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation
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    Edward White, Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr.
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  3. 1853-1906 united States architect
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    Stanford White
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  4. 1915-1986 united States political journalist
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    T. H. White, Theodore Harold White
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  5. 1899-1985 united States writer noted for his humorous essays
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    E. B. White, Elwyn Brooks White
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  6. 1912-1990 australian writer
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    Patrick White, Patrick Victor Martindale White
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  7. a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
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    White River
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  8. 1832-1918 with Ezra Cornell united States educator who in 1865 founded Cornell University and served as its first president
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    Andrew D. White, Andrew Dickson White
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White used in phrases

  • American white birch (noun)
    1. small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes
  • American white oak (noun)
    1. large slow-growing deciduous tree of the eastern United States having stout spreading branches and leaves with usually 7 rounded lobes; yields strong and durable hard wood
  • American white pine (noun)
    1. tall-growing pine of eastern North America; bark is brown with longitudinal fissures when mature; valued as a timber tree
  • Andrew Dickson White (noun)
    1. 1832-1918 with Ezra Cornell united States educator who in 1865 founded Cornell University and served as its first president
  • Arizona white oak (noun)
    1. semi-evergreen shrub or small tree of Arizona and New Mexico having acorns with hemispherical cups
  • Atlantic white cedar (noun)
    1. slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae
  • California white fir (noun)
    1. medium to tall fir of central to western United States having a narrow erect crown and soft wood
  • California white oak (noun)
    1. tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns
  • Chinese white (noun)
    1. a white pigment used in house paints; consists of zinc oxide
  • Chinese white cabbage (noun)
    1. asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves
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