Definitions For White

noun

• (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
• (board games) the lighter pieces
• The quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
• The white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
• A tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
• A Caucasian
• United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
• United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
• United States architect (1853-1906)
• United States political journalist (1915-1986)
• Australian writer (1912-1990)
• 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)

verb

• Turn white

adjective

• Of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
• Being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light

adjective

• Of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
• Anemic looking from illness or emotion
• (of hair) having lost its color
• (of coffee) having cream or milk added
• (of a surface) not written or printed on
• Benevolent; without malicious intent
• Glowing white with heat
• Restricted to whites only
• Marked by the presence of snow
• Free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied