whiteadjective
uk/waɪt/us/waɪt/white adjective (COLOUR)
A1 of a colour like that of snow, milk, or bone:
C2 having a pale face because you are not well, or you are feeling shocked:
A2 used in the names of various food and drink products, many of which are not pure white but slightly cream, yellow, grey, or transparent:
More examples
- The bride's hair was adorned with pearls and white flowers.
- Factory chimneys belched dense white smoke into the sky.
- I like the contrast of the white trousers with the black jacket.
- The book's cover has white lettering on a blue background.
- It was a seaside town filled with small white bungalows.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Black, white & grey
- black
- blackness
- coal black
- cream
- dark
- dove grey
- dusty
- grey
- greyish
- gunmetal grey
- inky
- jet black
- milky
- off white
- pearl
- pitch-dark
- sable
- snow white
- steel grey
- whitish
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white adjective (PEOPLE)
B1 belonging to the group of people with skin that is pale in colour, who come from or whose family originally came from Europe:
More examples
- The first white settlers journeyed across America in covered wagons.
- They claimed that white workers are being paid more than there black counterparts.
- The South African team now includes both black and white players.
- Her mother had prohibited her from marrying a white man.
- White people are at greater risk of getting skin cancer.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The skin, & skin colour
- beauty spot
- blanch
- coloring
- coloured
- cutaneous
- dermatome
- dermis
- drain
- follicle
- goosebumps
- half-caste
- ink
- jaundiced
- pale
- pallid
- sallow
- skin graft
- swarthy
- waxen
- wrinkled
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the quality of being white
Idiom(s)
whitenoun
uk/waɪt/us/waɪt/white noun (COLOUR)
A2 [ U ] a colour like that of snow, milk, or bone:
white clothes, either worn for a particular activity or job, or put together to be washed at the same time:
the part of the eye that is white:
the transparent part of an egg that surrounds the yolk and becomes white when cooked:
More examples
- We decorated our house completely in white.
- She always dresses in white.
- The vase stands out against the white of the wall.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Black, white & grey
- black
- blackness
- coal black
- cream
- dark
- dove grey
- dusty
- grey
- greyish
- gunmetal grey
- inky
- jet black
- milky
- off white
- pearl
- pitch-dark
- sable
- snow white
- steel grey
- whitish
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white noun (PERSON)
[ C ] a person with skin that is pale in colour, who comes from or whose family originally came from Europe:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The skin, & skin colour
- beauty spot
- blanch
- coloring
- coloured
- cutaneous
- dermatome
- dermis
- drain
- follicle
- goosebumps
- half-caste
- ink
- jaundiced
- pale
- pallid
- sallow
- skin graft
- swarthy
- waxen
- wrinkled
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