From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwhitewhite1 /waɪt/ ●●● S1 W1 adjective 1 colourCC having the colour of milk, salt, or snow a white dresspure/snow white (=completely white) snow white hair2 people a) SAbelonging to the race of people with pale skin → black young white males b) SArelating to white people a white neighborhood3 CCCOLOUR/COLORpale 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 DFDcoffee [usually before noun] British English white coffee has milk or cream in it5 DFDwine white wine is a pale yellow colour → red 6 → a white Christmas7 → whiter than white —whiteness noun [uncountable]
egg [countable, uncountable]DF the part of an egg that surrounds the yolk (=yellow part) and becomes white when cooked6 → whites
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white• white daisies• He and a white friend, William Grady, had been chased into the station by white youths throwing bottles and stones.• His thick white hair was cut short and unevenly, so that in parts it stood up in clumps.• For years, the female tilt toward the Democrats was balanced by disproportionate white male support for Republicans.• Nice white socks and a proper little coat.• A derivation of White Sunday, it refers to the white garments worn by the recently baptised Christians of the early Church.• Hundreds of white tables with white chairs are mostly filled with suntanned white people dressed colorfully.pure/snow white• Colouration: Goldfish may have a range of colours from black and brown, through gold to pure white.• Of course, her wish came true, and she named her child Snow White.• When investing in a new kitchen, most people still go for easy-on-the-eye neutral shades, pure whites and sophisticated greys.• A pure white butterfly tossed about in the light on the edge of the lake.• I also like the pure white gesso primer as it gives luminosity to my colours.• Her hair is pure white, her face covered with spidery lines, but her eyes are absolutely clear, sparkling.• I looked behind me to see a pure white wall.• Walt Disney launched Snow white with just such a bond-building, going-into-battle speech.white as a sheet• He went as white as a sheet and backed off immediately.• Hoomey came back white as a sheet, speechless.whitewhite2 ●●● S3 W2 noun 1 colour [uncountable]CC the colour of milk, salt, and snow2 people (also White) [countable]SA someone who belongs to the race of people with pale skin → black The mayor is very popular among whites.3 wine [countable, uncountable] 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]HBH the white part of your eye5 egg [countable, uncountable]DF the part of an egg that surrounds the yolk (=yellow part) and becomes white when cooked6 → whitesExamples from the Corpus
white• Whites make up 60% of the student population.• Californian whites are selling well.• He points out that poor and middle-class whites will suffer, not the rich.• Prominent strips of inlay were left unfinished; awkward patches of pink sandstone intrude into the glistening white of the dome.• This is especially true in California, where non-Hispanic whites now make up only 55 percent of the population.• Then came sugar, and by the late 1700s there were 10,000 blacks, outnumbering whites by 10 to one.• Using a spatula, fold in the remaining whites.• Both had been told from childhood that black men and women could never reach the heights that whites attain.whitewhite3 verb → white something ↔ out→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
white• I bathe and dress, and paste my face in gauzy liquid, whiting out the spots and the sweat.Origin white1 Old English hwit 