white or off-white clothing, such as that worn for playing cricket
3. an informal name for leucorrhoea
Examples of 'whites' in a sentence
whites
She tried to draw back, but the eyes opened - eyes with no whites, dark as midnight, deep as the ocean.
Amanda Hemingway THE GREENSTONE GRAIL: THE SANGREAL TRILOGY ONE (2004)
Pale blue eyes full of miserly suspicion were set in bloodshot whites.
Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2004)
All related terms of 'whites'
white
Something that is white is the colour of snow or milk.
All Whites
→ the All Whites
the All Whites
the former name for the international soccer team of New Zealand
egg white
the white of an egg ; albumen
non-White
A non-white person is a member of a race of people who are not of European origin .
off-white
Something that is off-white is not pure white, but slightly grey or yellow.
white out
to lose or lack daylight visibility owing to snow or fog
flat white
A flat white is a cup of strong coffee with hot milk poured on top , similar to a → latte but smaller and less milky .
lead white
a poisonous pigment used in painting , consisting of white lead and characterized chiefly by a fugitive white color , covering power, and tough , flexible film-forming properties
poor White
a poverty-stricken and underprivileged White person, esp in the southern US and South Africa
Snow White
Something that is snow-white is of a bright white colour .
white list
a list of countries considered to pose an insignificant threat to human rights, from which applications for political asylum are presumed to be unfounded
zinc white
zinc oxide used as a white pigment
flake white
a pigment made from flakes of white lead
house white
a white wine sold unnamed by a restaurant , at a lower price than wines specified on the wine list
large white
a large white butterfly , Pieris brassicae, with scanty black markings , the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
middle white
a breed of medium-sized white pig commonly kept for pork and bacon , and for fattening
oyster white
a greyish-white colour
small white
a small white butterfly , Artogeia rapae, with scanty black markings , the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
British White
a British breed of medium-sized white cattle with black points, bred mainly for meat
cabbage white
any large white butterfly of the genus Pieris , esp the Eurasian species P. brassicae, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of cabbages and related vegetables: family Pieridae
Chester White
a variety of large, white hog
Chinese white
white zinc oxide , formerly used in paints
eggshell white
a yellowish white colour
marbled white
any butterfly of the satyrid genus Melanargia, with panelled black-and-white wings , but technically a brown butterfly; found in grassland
B & W
black and white
black and white
In a black and white photograph or film , everything is shown in black, white, and grey.
B/W
black and white
flint
Flint is a very hard greyish-black stone that was used in former times for making tools.
white flint
an impure opaque microcrystalline greyish-black form of quartz that occurs in chalk . It produces sparks when struck with steel and is used in the manufacture of pottery , flint glass, and road-construction materials. Formula: SiO 2
turpentine
Turpentine is a colourless liquid used, for example , for cleaning paint off brushes .
turpentine substitute
any of various viscous oleoresins obtained from various coniferous trees, esp from the longleaf pine , and used as the main source of commercial turpentine