white

Universal Words adjective, noun adjective (whiter, whitest) 1 having the colour of fresh snow or 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 anger / shock / fear * 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? compareBLACK whiteness noun [U,sing.] noun 1 [U] the colour of fresh snow or milk: the pure white of the newly painted walls * She was dressed all in white. 2 [C,usually pl.] a member of a race or people who have pale skin 3 [U,C] white wine: Would you like red or white? * a very dry white 4 [C,U] the part of an egg that surrounds the YOLK (= the yellow part): Use the whites of two eggs. 5 [C,usually pl.] the white part of the eye: The whites of her eyes were bloodshot. 6 (whites) [pl.] white clothes, sheets, etc. when they are separated from coloured ones to be washed: (BrE) Don't wash whites and coloureds together. * (AmE) Don't wash whites and colors together. 7 (whites) [pl.] white clothes worn for playing some sports: cricket / tennis whites IDIOMS see BLACKn.