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White Waɪt Adjective Crisp Shirt Dress Plant Beautiful

Word3 white
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic /waɪt/ /waɪt/
Example
  • a crisp white shirt
  • a white dress
  • a plant with beautiful white flowers
  • the suspect was seen driving a white van.
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white

(adjective)/waɪt/ /waɪt/
  1. having the colour of fresh snow or of milk
    • a crisp white shirt
    • a white dress
    • a plant with beautiful white flowers
    • The suspect was seen driving a white van.
    • a spacious room with white walls and large windows
    • a set of perfect white teeth
    • His hair was as white as snow.
    • The horse was almost pure white in colour.
  2. belonging to or connected with a race of people who have pale skin
    • white middle-class families
    • She writes about her experiences as a black girl in a predominantly white city.
    • He grew up in a mostly white neighbourhood.
    • middle-aged white men in suits
    • policies intended to appeal to white working-class voters
    • white farmers in Zimbabwe
  3. pale because of emotion or illness
    • white with shock
    • Zack's face turned white and his jaw dropped.
    • She went white as a sheet when she heard the news.
    • He looked red-eyed and white-faced, slightly fearful and anxious.
  4. with milk added
    • COMPARE black
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/black_2
    • Two white coffees, please.
    • Do you take your coffee black or white?

    Word Origin

    • late Old English hwīt, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wit and German weiss, also to wheat.
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