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white meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of white at MeaningMonkey.org. white meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.WHITE noun
Definition of White (noun)
- a member of the Caucasoid race
- synonyms: Caucasian, White person
- the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
- United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
- synonyms: Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr., Edward White
- Australian writer (1912-1990)
- synonyms: Patrick Victor Martindale White, Patrick White
- United States political journalist (1915-1986)
- synonyms: T. H. White, Theodore Harold White
- United States architect (1853-1906)
- synonyms: Stanford White
- United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
- synonyms: E. B. White, Elwyn Brooks White
- United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
- synonyms: Andrew D. White, Andrew Dickson White
- a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
- synonyms: White River
- the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
- (board games) the lighter pieces
- antonym: black
- (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
WHITE verb
Definition of white (verb)
WHITE adjective
Definition of white (adjective)
- being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light
- "as white as fresh snow"; "a bride's white dress"
- antonym: black
- of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
- "voting patterns within the white population"
- antonym: black
- free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied
- "in shining white armor"
- marked by the presence of snow
- "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter"
- synonyms: snowy
- restricted to whites only
- "under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains"; "a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization"
- synonyms: lily-white
- glowing white with heat
- "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire"
- synonyms: white-hot
- benevolent; without malicious intent
- "that's white of you"
- (of a surface) not written or printed on
- (of coffee) having cream or milk added
- (of hair) having lost its color
- "the white hairs of old age"
- synonyms: whitened
- anemic looking from illness or emotion
- of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
- "white nights"
Source: Princeton University Wordnet