white
white [white whites whited whiting whiter whitest] adjective, noun BrE [waɪt] NAmE [waɪt]
adjective (whiter, whit·est)
1. having the colour of fresh snow or of milk
•a crisp white shirt
•white bread
•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.
3. (of the skin)pale because of emotion or illness
•white with shock
• She went white as a sheet when she heard the news.
4. (BrE) (of tea or coffee)with milk added
• Two white coffees, please.
• Do you take your coffee black or white?
compare ↑black
Word Origin:
late Old English hwīt, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wit and German weiss, also to ↑wheat.
Example Bank:
•He looked red-eyed and white-faced, slightly fearful and anxious.
•She went as white as a sheet when she heard the news.
Idiom: ↑whiter than white
Derived Word: ↑whiteness
noun
1. uncountable the colour of fresh snow or of milk
•the pure white of the newly painted walls
• She was dressed all in white.
2. countable, usually plural a member of a race or people who have pale skin
3. uncountable, countable white wine
• Would you like red or white?
•a very dry white
4. countable, uncountable the part of an egg that surrounds the ↑yolk (= the yellow part)
•Use the whites of two eggs.
5. countable, usually plural the white part of the eye
•The whites of her eyes were bloodshot. 
6. whitesplural white clothes, sheets, etc. when they are separated from coloured ones to be washed: (BrE)Don't wash whites and coloureds together.
• (NAmE)Don't wash whites and colors together.
7. whitesplural white clothes worn for playing some sports
•cricket/tennis whites
see black and white(in) black and white at ↑black n.
Word Origin:
late Old English hwīt, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wit and German weiss, also to ↑wheat.
Example Bank:
•Whisk the egg whites until stiff.
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