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   white

   /wʌɪt/

   adjective

   • 1. of the colour of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of all visible rays of light; the opposite of black: "a sheet of white paper" Similar colourlessunpigmentedundyedbleachednaturalsnowymilkychalkysnow whitesnowy whitemilk whitemilky whitechalk whitechalky whiteivorypalecleartransparentsnowysnowy whitegreysilversilveryhoarygrizzledalbinoOpposite black
   • ▪ very pale: "her face was white with fear" Similar palepallidwanashenwhite as a ghost/sheetgreyanaemicjaundicedcolourlessbloodlesswaxenchalkychalk whitemilkypastypasty-facedwhey-facedpeakysicklytired-lookingwashed outsallowdraineddrawnsappedghostlydeathlydeathlikebleachedrare:etiolatedOpposite healthyruddytanned
   • ▪ (of a plant) having white flowers or pale-coloured fruit.
   • ▪ (of a tree) having light-coloured bark.
   • ▪ (of wine) made from white grapes, or dark grapes with the skins removed, and having a yellowish colour.
   • ▪ (of coffee or tea) served with milk or cream. British
   • ▪ (of food such as bread or rice) light in colour as a result of a refining process.
   • ▪ (of glass) transparent; colourless.
   • 2. belonging to or denoting a human group having light-coloured skin (chiefly used of peoples of European extraction): "white suburban kids" Similar CaucasianEuropeannon-black
   • ▪ relating to white people: "white Australian culture"
   • ▪ reserved by law for those classified as white. historical South African
   • 3. counter-revolutionary or reactionary. historical

   noun

   • 1. white colour or pigment: "garnet-red flowers flecked with white"
   • ▪ white clothes or material: "he was dressed from head to foot in white"
   • ▪ white clothes, especially as worn for playing cricket or tennis, as naval uniform, or in the context of washing: "wash whites separately to avoid them being dulled"
   • ▪ white wine: "a bottle of house white"
   • ▪ the player of the white pieces in chess or draughts.
   • ▪ a white thing, in particular the white ball (the cue ball) in snooker or billiards.
   • 2. the visible pale part of the eyeball around the iris.
   • 3. the outer part (white when cooked) which surrounds the yolk of an egg; the albumen.
   • 4. a member of a human group having light-coloured skin, especially one of European extraction.
   • 5. a white or cream butterfly which has dark veins or spots on the wings and can be a serious crop pest.

   verb

   • 1. paint or turn (something) white: archaic "your passion hath whited your face"

   Word Origin late Old Englishhwīt, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wit and German weiss, also to wheat.

   Derivatives

   • 1. whitely adverb
   • 2. whitish adjective

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   What does it mean if something is white?

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   What is a white color?

   • n. 17. a color without hue at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to black, that reflects light of all hues completely and diffusely. 18. a hue completely desaturated by admixture with white. 19. quality or state of being white. 20. lightness of skin pigment. 21. a person whose racial heritage is Caucasian.

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   What does white mean in physics?

   • Ask a physicist and they'll tell you that white is what you see when all the colors of visible light come together. On the color spectrum, it's the direct opposite of black. Use white as an adjective to describe your teacher's chalk, a blank page in your sketchbook, or your grandfather's snowy white hair.

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   • On the color spectrum, it's the direct opposite of black. Use white as an adjective to describe your teacher's chalk, a blank page in your sketchbook, or your grandfather's snowy white hair. It's a noun, too: "We all wore white to the party."

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   1. a. : having the color of new snow or milk. specifically: of the color white (see whiteentry 2 sense 1) white socks. a white rabbit. b. : light or pale in color. white hair. white wine. lips white with fear. c. : free from color : clear, transparent.

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   Definitions of white. adjective. 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”. synonyms: albescent. becoming or shading into white. light, light-colored.

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   1. having no hue due to the reflection of all or almost all incident light. Compare black (sense 1) 2. (of light, such as sunlight) consisting of all the colours of the spectrum or produced by certain mixtures of three additive primary colours, such as red, green, and blue. 3.

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