26984 words

white

13 definitions • 23 examples
1
of a colour like that of snow, milk, or bone:

Examples:

a white T-shirt
white walls
a black and white dog
He's white-haired now.
2
having a pale face because you are not well, or you are feeling shocked:

Examples:

She was white, and her lips were pale.
3
used in the names of various food and drink products, many of which are not pure white but slightly cream, yellow, grey, or transparent:

Examples:

white bread
white chocolate
white flour
white sugar
white wine
4
with milk or cream added:

Examples:

I start the day with a cup of white coffee.
UK "How do you like your coffee?" "White and no sugar, please."
5
belonging to the group of people with skin that is pale in colour, who come from or whose family originally came from Europe:

Examples:

He had a black mother and a white father.
6
a colour like that of snow, milk, or bone:

Examples:

In some countries it is traditional for a bride to wear white.
7
white clothes, either worn for a particular activity or job, or put together to be washed at the same time:

Examples:

tennis whites A girl in tennis whites was hurrying across the grass towards them.
8
the part of the eye that is white:

Examples:

Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes (= until the people are very close to you).
9
the transparent part of an egg that surrounds the yolk and becomes white when cooked:

Examples:

Beat four egg whites into stiff peaks.
10
a person with skin that is pale in colour, who comes from or whose family originally came from Europe:

Examples:

11
(of) a color like that of snow, milk, or bone:

Examples:

white hair
a white shirt
[ C ] We used a bright white on the ceilings.
12
The white of an egg is the part of an egg that becomes white when cooked.
13
belonging to a race whose skin is pale in color; Caucasian:

Examples:

There were many white faces in the crowd.

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