white ant

noun

termite.

Origin of white ant

First recorded in 1675–85

Words nearby white ant

whiteacre, white admiral, white alder, white alert, white alkali, white ant, white area, white as a sheet, white ash, White Australia policy, white bacon

Definition for white ant (2 of 2)

white-ant

[ hwahyt-ant, wahyt- ]

/ ˈʰwaɪtˌænt, ˈwaɪt- /

verb (used with object) Australian Informal.

to undermine or subvert from within.

Origin of white-ant

First recorded in 1915–20

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Example sentences from the Web for white ant

This stopped him, and Goubasee and myself found him sitting up like a dog, close to a white-ant hill.
Sport in Abyssinia|Dermot Mayo
In the same spirit his companions speak of their white-ant existence without a shade of complaint.
War|Pierre Loti
The white-ant hills here rise like castle-towers above the water of the marshes.
Some Heroes of Travel|W. H. Davenport Adams
In this the animals were surrounded and forced to pass before a white-ant hill on which Burt was posted with the camera.
The Blind Lion of the Congo|Elliott Whitney

British Dictionary definitions for white ant

white ant

noun

another name for termite

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单词	white ant
释义	white ant noun termite. Origin of white ant First recorded in 1675–85 Words nearby white ant whiteacre, white admiral, white alder, white alert, white alkali, white ant, white area, white as a sheet, white ash, White Australia policy, white bacon Definition for white ant (2 of 2) white-ant [ hwahyt-ant, wahyt- ] / ˈʰwaɪtˌænt, ˈwaɪt- / verb (used with object) Australian Informal. to undermine or subvert from within. Origin of white-ant First recorded in 1915–20 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for white ant This stopped him, and Goubasee and myself found him sitting up like a dog, close to a white-ant hill. Sport in Abyssinia\|Dermot Mayo In the same spirit his companions speak of their white-ant existence without a shade of complaint. War\|Pierre Loti The white-ant hills here rise like castle-towers above the water of the marshes. Some Heroes of Travel\|W. H. Davenport Adams In this the animals were surrounded and forced to pass before a white-ant hill on which Burt was posted with the camera. The Blind Lion of the Congo\|Elliott Whitney British Dictionary definitions for white ant white ant noun another name for termite Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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