# whites

Pronunciation: say "WYTS" /(h)waɪts/

## Noun

1. Plural of white. — plural of white
   - Simple: Plural of white. Use it when you mean more than one white thing.
   - _She prefers crisp whites to heavy reds at dinner._
   - _Fold the beaten egg whites gently into the batter._
2. Bedding, shirts, and other white fabric, usually laundered as a single load to avoid color transfer.
   - Simple: Clothes and sheets that are white and washed together in one load.
   - _He separates the whites from the colors before doing the laundry._
   - _A stray red sock in with the whites turned everything pink._
3. A matching set of white clothing, especially one worn as a uniform.
   - Simple: A matching set of white clothes worn as a uniform or outfit.
   - _All the recruits lined up in spotless whites for inspection._
   - _He kept his whites clean throughout the long ceremony._
4. The traditional white clothing worn by cricket players, including a collared shirt, long pants, and sometimes a sweater.
   - Simple: The white clothes a cricket player wears during a match.
   - _She walked onto the pitch in her whites, bat in hand._
   - _Grass stains were hard to scrub out of the players' whites._
5. The white jacket, pants, and apron forming a chef's professional uniform.
   - Simple: The white jacket and clothes that a cook wears in a kitchen.
   - _He buttoned up his whites and stepped into the busy kitchen._
   - _A good cook keeps spare whites on hand in case of spills._
6. The all-white dress uniform that officers of the United States Marine Corps used to wear. *(US)*
   - Simple: A white uniform once worn by United States Marine Corps officers.
   - _The lieutenant saluted smartly, his whites gleaming in the summer sun._
   - _Officers donned their whites for the change-of-command ceremony._
8. An informal term for leukorrhea: a whitish discharge from the vagina. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A common name for a whitish discharge from the vagina.
   - _She visited the clinic complaining of persistent whites._
   - _Folk remedies once promised to cure the whites._

## Verb

7. Third-person singular simple present indicative of white. — third-person singular simple present indicative of white
   - Simple: The form of white used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/whites (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).