I. white 1 S1 W1 /waɪt/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ white , ↑ whiteness , ↑ whitener ; verb : ↑ whiten ; adjective : ↑ white ]
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: hwit ]
1 . COLOUR having the colour of milk, salt, or snow:
a white dress
pure/snow white (=completely white)
snow white hair
2 . PEOPLE
a) belonging to the race of people with pale skin ⇨ black :
young white males
b) relating to white people:
a white neighborhood
3 . PALE looking pale, because of illness, strong emotion etc:
Are you OK? You’re white as a sheet (=extremely pale) .
white with anger/fear etc
Her voice shook, and her face was white with anger.
4 . COFFEE [usually before noun] British English white coffee has milk or cream in it
5 . WINE white wine is a pale yellow colour ⇨ red
6 . a white Christmas a Christmas when there is snow
7 . whiter than white completely morally good:
He said that he had never claimed to be whiter than white.
—whiteness noun [uncountable]
II. white 2 S3 W2 BrE AmE noun
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ white , ↑ whiteness , ↑ whitener ; verb : ↑ whiten ; adjective : ↑ white ]
1 . COLOUR [uncountable] the colour of milk, salt, and snow
2 . PEOPLE [countable] ( also White ) someone who belongs to the race of people with pale skin ⇨ black :
The mayor is very popular among whites.
3 . WINE [uncountable and countable] wine that is pale yellow in colour:
a nice bottle of white
California has some of the finest whites in the world.
4 . EYE [countable + of] the white part of your eye
5 .
EGG [uncountable and countable] the part of an egg that surrounds the ↑ yolk (=yellow part) and becomes white when cooked
6 . whites [plural]
a) white clothes, sheets etc, which are separated from dark colours when they are washed
b) white clothes that are worn for some sports, such as ↑ tennis
III. white 3 BrE AmE verb
white something ↔ out phrasal verb
to cover something written on paper, especially a mistake, with a special white liquid so that it cannot be seen any more