white
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Is white a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of white?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Europeans or those of European descent, regardless if their skin has cool or warm undertones.capitalizedsometimes
2. (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians (people with white complexion and European ancestry).Examples: "[…]more white corporations cognizant of the mounting purchasing power of the Negro consumer, have Negro representatives in the field[…]."; "Ms. Ringwald finds a few things about these films regrettable. One thing she found "significantly disturbing," she wrote, "was how white the films are.""; "If you're from Africa, why are you white?"capitalizedsometimes
3. (sometimes capitalized) By U.S. Census Bureau definition, of or relating to people hailing from Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.capitalizedsometimes
4. (chiefly historical) Designated for use by Caucasians.Examples: "white drinking fountain"; "white hospital"historical
5. (of a person or skin) Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.Synonyms: fair, paleAntonyms: tanned
6. (of an animal) Affected by leucism.
noun (English)
1. (countable and uncountable) White wine.Examples: "A bottle of red, a bottle of white / It all depends upon your appetite / I'll meet you any time you want / In our Italian Restaurant."; "Those were my first impressions of wine: Ladies drink chilled, soft white while they gossip in the kitchen; old men drink strong, room-temperature red to get shellacked."countableuncountable
2. (countable and uncountable) White coffeecountableuncountable
3. (uncountable) White breaduncountable
4. (countable) Any object or substance that is of the color white.countableuncountable
5. (countable) Any object or substance that is of the color white.Examples: "You could see from afar the white of their eyeballs glistening."countableuncountable
6. (countable) Any object or substance that is of the color white.countableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To make white; to whiten; to bleach.Examples: "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness."; "so as no fuller on earth can white them"; "In a very few hours I arrived in a city that always makes me think of a whited sepulchre."transitive
adj (English)
1. (chiefly US, sometimes Canada and UK) Alternative letter-case form of white (“of or relating to white complexion or Europeans”).Examples: "Unfortunately, many White people have been raised to believe that their race is intrinsically more prejudice than others."CanadaUKUSalt-ofnot-comparablesometimes
noun (English)
1. (historical, politics) An anticommunist who fought against the Reds during the Russian Civil War; the term is mostly associated with monarchist forces.historical
2. (chess) The player moving the white pieces.Examples: "The eight files (from left to right for White and from right to left for Black) are indicated by the small letters, a, b, c, d, e, f, g and h, respectively."
This word may be considered offensive or sensitive in some contexts.
Definition source: Wiktionary