white
What is the Definition of white?
Noun:
- a Caucasian
- the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
- 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)
- Australian writer (1912-1990)
- United States political journalist (1915-1986)
- United States architect (1853-1906)
- United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
- United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell)
- 1832-1918
- a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
- the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
- (board games)
- (usually in the plural)
Verb:
- turn white
Adjective:
- being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light
- of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
- free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied
- marked by the presence of snow
- restricted to whites only
- glowing white with heat
- benevolent; without malicious intent
- (of a surface)
- (of coffee)
- (of hair)
- anemic looking from illness or emotion
- of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
How can I use white in a sentence?
Harry pulled a wizard cracker with Fred and it did not just bang, it went off with a blast like a cannon and engulfed them all in a cloud of blue smoke, while from the inside exploded a rear admiral's hat and several live, white mice.
The chessmen seemed to have been listening, because at these words a knight, a bishop, and a castle turned their backs on the white pieces and walked off the board, leaving three empty squares that Harry, Ron, and Hermione took.
Harry saw his scared white face look down at the ground falling away, saw him gasp, slip sideways off the broom and — WHAM — a thud and a nasty crack and Neville lay facedown on the grass in a heap.
As Gryffindors came spilling onto the field, he saw Snape land nearby, white-faced and tight-lipped — then Harry felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up into Dumbledore's smiling face.
Standing beside its burnished bronze doors, wearing a uniform of scarlet and gold, was — Yeah, that is a goblin, said Hagrid quietly as they walked up the white stone steps toward him.
Other meanings of white (synonyms, cognates).
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