(~r, ~st, ~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
Something that is ~ is the colour of snow or milk.
He had nice square ~ teeth...
He was dressed in ~ from head to toe.
COLOUR
~ness
Her scarlet lipstick emphasized the ~ness of her teeth.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
A ~ person has a pale skin and belongs to a race which is of European origin.
He was ~, with brown shoulder-length hair and a moustache.
ADJ
•
Whites are ~ people.
It’s a school that’s brought blacks and ~s and Hispanics together.
N-COUNT: usu pl
3.
If someone goes ~, the skin on their face becomes very pale, for example because of fear, shock, anger, or illness.
Richard had gone very ~, but he stood his ground...
His face was ~ with fury.
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
•
If someone looks ~ as a sheet or as ~ as a sheet, they look very frightened, shocked, or ill.
He appeared in the doorway, ~ as a sheet, eyes wide with horror.
PHRASE: v-link PHR
4.
White wine is pale yellow in colour.
Gregory poured another glass of ~ wine and went back to his bedroom.
ADJ
•
You can refer to ~ wine as ~.
I bought a bottle of Californian ~.
N-MASS
5.
White coffee has had milk or cream added to it. (BRIT)
Wayne has a large ~ coffee in front of him.
ADJ
6.
White blood cells are the cells in your blood which your body uses to fight infection.
ADJ: ADJ n
7.
The ~ of an egg is the transparent liquid that surrounds the yellow part called the yolk.
N-VAR
8.
The ~ of someone’s eye is the ~ part that surrounds the coloured part called the iris.
N-COUNT: usu N of n