Meaning & Definition of White in English
White
noun
1. A member of the caucasoid race
- White,
- White person,
- Caucasian
2. The quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
- white,
- whiteness
3. 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)
- White,
- Edward White,
- Edward D. White,
- Edward Douglas White Jr.
4. Australian writer (1912-1990)
- White,
- Patrick White,
- Patrick Victor Martindale White
5. United states political journalist (1915-1986)
- White,
- T. H. White,
- Theodore Harold White
6. United states architect (1853-1906)
- White,
- Stanford White
7. United states writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
- White,
- E. B. White,
- Elwyn Brooks White
8. United states educator who in 1865 (with ezra cornell) founded cornell university and served as its first president (1832-1918)
- White,
- Andrew D. White,
- Andrew Dickson White
9. A tributary of the mississippi river that flows southeastward through northern arkansas and southern missouri
- White,
- White River
10. 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,
- white,
- albumen,
- ovalbumin
11. (board games) the lighter pieces
- white
12. (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
- flannel,
- gabardine,
- tweed,
- white
verb
1. Turn white
- "This detergent will whiten your laundry"
- whiten,
- white
adjective
1. 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"
- white
2. Of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
- "Voting patterns within the white population"
- white
3. Free from moral blemish or impurity
- Unsullied
- "In shining white armor"
- white
4. Marked by the presence of snow
- "A white christmas"
- "The white hills of a northern winter"
- white,
- 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"
- white,
- lily-white
6. Glowing white with heat
- "White flames"
- "A white-hot center of the fire"
- white,
- white-hot
7. Benevolent
- Without malicious intent
- "That's white of you"
- white
8. (of a surface) not written or printed on
- "Blank pages"
- "Fill in the blank spaces"
- "A clean page"
- "Wide white margins"
- blank,
- clean,
- white
9. (of coffee) having cream or milk added
- white
10. (of hair) having lost its color
- "The white hairs of old age"
- white,
- whitened
11. Anemic looking from illness or emotion
- "A face turned ashen"
- "The invalid's blanched cheeks"
- "Tried to speak with bloodless lips"
- "A face livid with shock"
- "Lips...livid with the hue of death"- mary w. shelley
- "Lips white with terror"
- "A face white with rage"
- ashen,
- blanched,
- bloodless,
- livid,
- white
12. Of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
- "White nights"
- white