# white

Pronunciation: say "WYT" /waɪt/

## Adjective

1. Having the color of snow or milk, including hair or animal coloring that is white or nearly white.
   - Simple: Having the color of snow or milk, or very close to it.
   - _She wore a crisp white shirt to her job interview._
   - _Sunlight appears white because it blends every color together._
2. Relatively light or pale in color, including skin that has not been tanned by the sun.
   - Simple: Pale in color compared with other things of the same kind.
   - _The recipe calls only for the white part of the leek._
   - _I always ask for the white meat when we carve the turkey._
3. Belonging to or relating to a racial group of people with light-colored skin, chiefly of European descent (official definitions vary, as in US census categories).
   - Simple: Relating to people with light skin, mostly from families that came from Europe.
   - _The neighborhood was historically white and working-class._
   - _Census forms in many countries ask whether a person identifies as white._
10. Pale or pallid in the face, as from fear or illness.
   - Simple: Looking pale in the face because of fear or sickness.
   - _He turned white at the sight of blood._
   - _Her lips were white from the cold and the shock._
9. Containing no characters; describing the blank areas of a page or screen.
   - Simple: Empty of any letters or marks, like a blank part of a page.
   - _The typesetter added a white line between the two stanzas to separate them._
   - _Good designers leave white space around a headline to draw the reader's eye._
12. Covered with or marked by the presence of snow.
   - Simple: Covered with snow, like a winter landscape.
   - _They dreamed of a white Christmas in the mountains._
   - _By December the whole valley turns white._
14. Belonging to the set of game pieces designated as the white side, regardless of the pieces' actual color.
   - Simple: Belonging to the side in a board game that is named as the lighter one, even when the pieces look different.
   - _She advanced her white knight to fork the queen and rook._
   - _In this opening the white king castles early for safety._
16. Describing a political party or movement that is constitutionalist or opposed to revolution.
   - Simple: Belonging to political groups that oppose revolution and support the existing order.
   - _White forces controlled much of the south during the early years of the civil war._
   - _The exiles remained loyal to the white faction long after defeat._
18. Designated for use by white people only, as under historical racial segregation laws.
   - Simple: Kept for use only by white people during times of legal segregation.
   - _She was turned away from the white waiting room and sent to a smaller, shabbier one._
   - _The town maintained separate white schools well into the 1960s._
20. Containing added milk, cream, or creamer.
   - Simple: Made with milk or cream added, like coffee or tea.
   - _He ordered his coffee white, with plenty of milk._
   - _She takes her tea white, with just a little milk._

## Noun

4. The color of snow or milk; also, a paint or pigment of this color.
   - Simple: The color of snow or milk, or paint of that color.
   - _The designer chose white for the entire reception room._
   - _Against the dark sky, the white of the clouds stood out sharply._
5. A light-skinned person of European ancestry or origin.
   - Simple: A person whose family came from Europe and who has light skin.
   - _Among the early settlers, the whites formed a small minority._
   - _He was the only white living in that part of the city._
6. The albumen of a bird's egg; the clear part surrounding the yolk that turns white when cooked.
   - Simple: The clear part of an egg that turns white when it is cooked.
   - _Whisk the white until stiff for the meringue._
   - _The recipe uses only the white, not the yolk._
7. Wine that is pale or golden in color rather than red.
   - Simple: Wine that is pale yellow or clear, not red.
   - _He prefers a crisp white with seafood._
   - _A chilled white pairs well with summer meals._
8. Any object or substance whose color is white.
   - Simple: Any object or material that has a white color.
   - _She keeps her whites in a separate basket so they never pick up color from her jeans._
   - _Wash the whites on a hot cycle and the darks on cold._
11. The sclera; the white outer part of the eye surrounding the iris.
   - Simple: The pale part surrounding the colored center of the eye.
   - _Jaundice can turn the white of the eye yellow._
   - _The doctor examined the whites of both eyes._
13. The player who controls the white set of pieces in a game such as chess.
   - Simple: The player who is using the set of game pieces named as white.
   - _White resigned once the rook ending became hopeless._
   - _With the extra pawn, White slowly squeezed out a win._
15. A bean of a pale or whitish variety, used in cooking.
   - Simple: A pale bean of a kind used in soups and stews.
19. Bread made from refined, pale flour rather than whole grain.
   - Simple: Bread made from pale, refined flour rather than whole grain.
   - _She always toasts a slice of white for breakfast._
   - _The shop sells more white than whole-wheat._
21. Coffee served with milk or cream added.
   - Simple: Coffee with milk or cream added.
   - _I'll have a white, please, and a slice of cake._
   - _She ordered a white at the coffee cart and waited by the counter._
22. Cocaine, especially the powdered drug, in slang usage. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Cocaine, an illegal white powder, in slang use.
   - _The detectives found a stash of white taped under the dashboard._
   - _She swore off white after the second overdose scare._
23. The cue ball (the ball struck by the cue to drive the other balls) in games such as pool and snooker.
   - Simple: In pool or snooker, the ball you hit with the stick so that it knocks into other balls.
   - _He left the white tight against the cushion, leaving no clear shot._
   - _A touch of side-spin sent the white spinning back down the table._

## Verb

17. To make something white; to whiten or bleach it. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To make something white or take the color out of it.

## Adjective

24. Honorable and fair in conduct, and decent, kind, or generous toward other people. *(rare)*
   - Simple: Treating other people in a fair, good, and kind way, and being generous to them.

## Other meanings

- (adjective) Said of a symbol or character that appears as an open outline, not filled in with color.
- (adjective) Belonging to a religious order whose members wear white robes, especially the Cistercians.
- (adjective) Lucky, happy, or free from trouble.
- (adjective) Most beloved, as a cherished pet or favorite child is.
- (adjective) Of armor, made of plain polished steel plate without covering or paint.
- (noun) Any of a group of mostly white or pale yellow butterflies, such as the cabbage white, in the subfamily Pierinae.
- (noun) In snow golf, the packed snow or ice area around the hole, used in place of a green.
- (noun) The center of an archery target, once painted white.
- (noun) The inner space that a letter's strokes surround, like the hole in an o, mostly in script.
- (noun) One of the palest wing feathers of a male ostrich, prized in the plume trade.

## Origin

White comes from Middle English whit, from Old English hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "bright" or "shine." It is related to Dutch wit, German weiß, and Sanskrit śvetá ("white, bright").

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