White - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |waɪt|  American pronunciation of the word white
Brit.  |waɪt|  British pronunciation of the word white

noun

- a Caucasian (syn: caucasian)
- the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) (syn: whiteness)
- 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)
- Australian writer (1912-1990)
- United States political journalist (1915-1986)
- United States architect (1853-1906)
- United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
- United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
- a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
- the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water (syn: albumen)
she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs
- (board games) the lighter pieces
- (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth (syn: flannel, gabardine, tweed)

verb

- turn white (syn: whiten)
This detergent will whiten your laundry

adjective

- free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied
in shining white armor
- marked by the presence of snow (syn: snowy)
a white Christmas
the white hills of a northern winter
- restricted to whites only (syn: lily-white)
under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains
a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization
- glowing white with heat (syn: white-hot)
white flames
a white-hot center of the fire
- benevolent; without malicious intent
that's white of you
- (of a surface) not written or printed on (syn: blank, clean)
wide white margins
- (of coffee) having cream or milk added
- (of hair) having lost its color
the white hairs of old age
- anemic looking from illness or emotion (syn: ashen, bloodless, livid)
lips white with terror
a face white with rage
- of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
white nights

Extra examples

He was wearing white sneakers.

He had a long, white beard.

Her lips were white with fear.

He turned white when he heard the news.

He came from a white middle-class background.

His mother is Hispanic and his father is white.

The whites of his eyes

The cake recipe calls for four egg whites.

A round white moon that flooded the night with silver.

That was one of the few white days of his life.

It was raining, that is why women couldn't put their whites out.

Are you OK? You're white as a sheet (=extremely pale).

Her voice shook, and her face was white with anger.

The mayor is very popular among whites.

California has some of the finest whites in the world.

Word forms

noun
singular: white
plural: whites
adjective
comparative: whiter
superlative: whitest
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