white (adj.)

  1. 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'

  2. of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; voting patterns within the white population'

    White (n.)

  1. a member of the Caucasoid race

    [ Syn: white , white person , caucasian ]

  2. 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

    [ Syn: egg white , albumen , ovalbumin ]

  3. (board games) the lighter pieces

  4. (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth

    [ Syn: flannel , gabardine , tweed ]

  5. the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)

    [ Syn: whiteness ]

  6. 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)

    [ Syn: white , edward white , edward d. white , edward douglas white jr. ]

  7. Australian writer (1912-1990)

    [ Syn: white , patrick white , patrick victor martindale white ]

  8. United States political journalist (1915-1986)

    [ Syn: white , t. h. white , theodore harold white ]

  9. United States architect (1853-1906)

    [ Syn: white , stanford white ]

  10. United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)

    [ Syn: white , e. b. white , elwyn brooks white ]

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

    [ Syn: white , andrew d. white , andrew dickson white ]

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

    [ Syn: white , white river ]

    white (adj.)

  1. (of hair) having lost its color; the white hairs of old age

    [ Syn: whitened ]

  2. anemic looking from illness or emotion; a face turned ashen; the invalids blanched cheeks; tried to speak with bloodless lips; a face livid with shock; lips...livid with the hue of death- Mary W. Shelley; lips white with terror; a face white with rage

    [ Syn: ashen , blanched , bloodless , livid ]

  3. of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; white nights'

  4. free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; in shining white armor'

  5. marked by the presence of snow; a white Christmas; the white hills of a northern winter

    [ Syn: snowy ]

  6. 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

    [ Syn: lily-white ]

  7. glowing white with heat; white flames; a white-hot center of the fire

    [ Syn: white-hot ]

  8. benevolent; without malicious intent; that's white of you'

  9. (of a surface) not written or printed on; blank pages; fill in the blank spaces; a clean page; wide white margins

    [ Syn: blank , clean ]

  10. (of coffee) having cream or milk added

    white (v.)

  1. turn white; This detergent will whiten your laundry

    [ Syn: whiten ]

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