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white

adjective
  1. of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
    “voting patterns within the white population”
  2. of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
    “white nights”
  3. being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness
  4. anemic looking from illness or emotion
    bloodless
  5. (of hair) having lost its color
    “the white hairs of old age”
    whitened
  6. (of coffee) having cream or milk added
  7. (of a surface) not written or printed on
    blankclean
  8. benevolent
  9. glowing white with heat
    “white flames”
    white-hot
  10. restricted to whites only
    “under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains”
    lily-white
  11. marked by the presence of snow
    “a white Christmas”
    snowy
  12. free from moral blemish or impurity
noun
  1. (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
    gabardine
  2. (board games) the lighter pieces
  3. the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
    whiteness
  4. the white part of an egg
    egg whitealbumenovalbumin
verb
  1. turn white
    “This detergent will whiten your laundry”
    whiten