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white
adj whiter, whitest
- 1. Having the colour of snow, the colour that reflects all light.
- Thesaurus: ivory, bleached, pale, silvery, snow-white, frosted, milky, chalky, pearly, blanched, ashen, wan; Antonym: dark, black.
- Thesaurus: Caucasian, Caucasoid, fair-skinned, light-complexioned.
- Form: White (often)
- Form: White (often)
4. Said eg of a rabbit or mouse: albino.
5. Said of hair: lacking pigment, as in old age.
6. Said of a variety of anything, eg grapes: pale-coloured, as distinct from darker types.
7. Said of wine: made from white grapes or from skinned black grapes.
8a. Said of flour: having had the bran and wheat germ removed;
8b. Said of bread: made with white flour.
9. Said of coffee or tea: with milk or cream added.
10. Auspicious; fortunate or favourable.
11. Said of glass, etc: transparent or colourless.
- Thesaurus: colourless, clear, transparent, blank, spotless, unalloyed, achromatic; Antonym: coloured, chromatic.
- Said of the soul, etc: pure or purified from sin; innocent.
14. Said of a witch: not malevolent; only using her powers for good purposes.
- 1. The colour of snow.
2. White colour or colouring matter, eg paint.
3. White clothes.
3. A white person.
- Form: White (often)
- Form: egg-white (in full)
6. A white butterfly.
7a. games.
- Something white, eg a playing-piece in chess or draughts, a ball in snooker, or ring on an archery target;
- The player of the white pieces in a board game.
- Form: whites
- Form: whites
adverb
noun
- To drain or deprive them gradually of resources or wealth, etc.
- Extremely white; very pure.
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