white

1. 1

   Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.

   • Write in black ink on white paper.
2. 2

   Of or relating to Europeans or those of European descent, regardless if their skin has cool or warm undertones.capitalizedsometimes

3. 3

   Of or relating to Caucasians (people with white complexion and European ancestry).capitalizedsometimes

   • […]more white corporations cognizant of the mounting purchasing power of the Negro consumer, have Negro representatives in the field[…].
   • Ms. Ringwald finds a few things about these films regrettable. One thing she found "significantly disturbing," she wrote, "was how white the films are."
4. 4

   By U.S. Census Bureau definition, of or relating to people hailing from Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.capitalizedsometimes

5. 5

   Designated for use by Caucasians.historical

   • white drinking fountain
   • white hospital
6. 6

   Relatively light or pale in colour.

   • white wine
   • white grapes
7. 7

   Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.

   • Or whispering with white lips, "The foe! / They come! they come!"
8. 8

   Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.

9. 9

   With leucism.

   • Why should the birthplace of the gods in ancient Egyptian times align with the birthplace of the White Lions in our times?
10. 10

    Containing cream, milk, or creamer.

1. 1

   The color of snow or milk; the color of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.countableuncountable

   • Not only were the platforms tiled in white, the tunnels were painted white too - to prettify them, and make them less claustrophobic - and the Central proudly issued a postcard of its tunnel-whitening machine.
2. 2

   A person of European descent with light-colored skin.countableuncountable

   • The Indians carried first our canoes and then our stores through the brushwood, which is very thick at this point, while we four whites, our rifles on our shoulders, walked between them and any danger coming from the woods.
   • We could have ridden for weeks, possibly months, and never seen a white man had it not been that Laurie was riding from scattered white to white.
3. 3

   Any butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae in the family Pieridae.countableuncountable

   • Several other beautiful butterflies rewarded my search in this place [...] The most abundant butterflies were the whites and yellows (Pieridae), several of which I had already found at Lombock and at Coupang, while others were new to me.
4. 4

   White wine.countableuncountable

   • A bottle of red, a bottle of white / It all depends upon your appetite / I'll meet you any time you want / In our Italian Restaurant.
   • Those were my first impressions of wine: Ladies drink chilled, soft white while they gossip in the kitchen; old men drink strong, room-temperature red to get shellacked.
5. 5

   White coffeecountableuncountable

6. 6

   Ellipsis of white breadabbreviationalt-ofellipsis

7. 7

   Any object or substance that is of the color white.; The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).countableuncountable

8. 8

   Any object or substance that is of the color white.; The sclera, white of the eye.countableuncountable

   • You could see from afar the white of their eyeballs glistening.
9. 9

   Any object or substance that is of the color white.; The cue ball in cue games.countableuncountable

10. 10

    Any object or substance that is of the color white.; Cocaine.UKUScountable

    • I've got to hit the streets; I've got to move this white.
    • Ten grand a week we were clearing: base, white, meth, weed, anything. I can get you anything to get you high.

syn. bright · chalky · flashy · frosted · light · milky · pale · pearly · shiny · silvery · snowy · white

1. 1

   To make white; to whiten; to bleach.transitive

   • Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
   • so as no fuller on earth can white them