white
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Sense 1
- adjective
- A1
having the colour of fresh snow or milk, the lightest of all colours.
Fresh snow turned every roof in the village white.
Her hair went white soon after she turned sixty.
We painted the ceiling white to make the room brighter.
Wash the white towels separately from the coloured ones.
Common collocations: pure white · bright white · snow-white · white paint · white wine · paint something white
Part of: Colours, Appearance, Materials
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- A1
the clear liquid part of an egg around the yellow middle, which turns white when cooked.
Separate the eggs and beat the whites until they stiffen.
The white of the egg turned cloudy in hot water.
She eats only the whites and gives the yolks away.
Common collocations: egg white · beat the whites · whisk the egg whites · separate the whites from the yolks
Part of: Cooking, Vegetables
Forms
- plural
- whites
- comparative
- whiter
- superlative
- whitest