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1. Being of the achromatic colour 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"
    
2. Of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
   "voting patterns within the white population"
    
3. Free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied
   "in shining white armour"
    
4. Marked by the presence of snow
   "the white hills of a northern winter"; "a white Christmas";
   - snowy
    
5. 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";
   - lily-white
    
6. Glowing white with heat
   "white flames"; "a white-hot centre of the fire";
   - white-hot
    
7. Benevolent; without malicious intent
   "that's white of you"
    
8. (of a surface) not written or printed on
   "wide white margins";
   - blank, clean
    
9. (of coffee) having cream or milk added
    
10. (of hair) having lost its colour
    "the white hairs of old age";
    - whitened
     
11. Anaemic looking from illness or emotion
    "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage";
    - ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid
     
12. Of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
    "white nights"

1. The quality or state of the achromatic colour of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
   - whiteness
    
2. The white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
   "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs";
   - egg white, albumen, ovalbumin
    
3. (board games) the lighter pieces
    
4. (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel, gabardine, tweed or white cloth
   - flannel, gabardine, tweed

1. Turn white
   - whiten

1. Having skin rich in melanin pigments;
   - colored [US], coloured [Brit, Cdn], negro

1. A non-white person, esp. a Black

Sounds like: whining, w, white, wight, wite

Derived forms: non-whites

See also: albescent, black, Caucasian, Caucasoid, colorless [US], colourless [Brit, Cdn], covered, dilute, diluted, empty, good, hot, light, light-colored [US], light-coloured [Brit, Cdn], pure, segregated, unintegrated, value

Type of: achromatic color [US], achromatic colour [Brit, Cdn], color [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], dacks [Austral, NZ], daks [Austral, NZ], discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn], fixings, ingredient, man, pair of trousers, pants [N. Amer], piece, trousers

Antonym: black

Part of: egg, eggs

Encyclopedia: White, Oliver