white meaning
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[waɪt] [ʍaɪt] [-aɪt] 
US UK WWhite
- White is an achromatic color, literally a "color without color", composed of a mixture of all frequencies of the light of the visible spectrum.
- In ancient Egypt and ancient Rome, priestesses wore white as a symbol of purity, and Romans wore a white toga as a symbol of citizenship.
- White is an important color for almost all world religions. The Pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, has worn white since 1566, as a symbol of purity and sacrifice.
- The white color on television screens and computer monitors is created with the RGB color model by mixing red, green and blue light at equal intensities.
EN White 
- NounPLwhitesSUF-ite
- The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
- A person of European descent with light-coloured skin.
- The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).
- (anatomy) The sclera, white of the eye.
- Any butterfly of the Pieris genus.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The cue ball in cue games.
- (countable and uncountable) White wine.
- 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.
- (slang) Street name for cocaine.
- (archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.
- A white pigment.
- Venice white
- The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
- VerbSGwhitesPRwhitingPT, PPwhited
- AdjectiveCOMwhiterSUPwhitest
- Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
- Write in black ink on white paper.
- (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin.
- [ …] more white corporations cognizant of the mounting purchasing power of the Negro consumer, have Negro representatives in the field [ …] .
- (chiefly historical) Designated for use by Caucasians.
- white drinking fountain; white hospital
- Relatively light or pale in colour.
- white wine; white grapes
- Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.
- (of a person or skin) Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.
- (of coffee or tea) Containing cream, milk, or creamer.
- (board games, chess) The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.
- The white pieces in this set are in fact made of light green glass.
- Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.
- Honourable, fair; decent.
- Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.
- (archaic) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favourable.
- (obsolete) Regarded with especial favour; favourite; darling.
- (politics) Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.
- (of tea) Made from immature leaves and shoots.
- Most often consisting of a budset pluck, a frost tea has the clarity and freshness of a white tea, with the richness and lingering finish of a finely crafted black tea.
- Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Green traffic lights look white to me, which makes them hard to distinguish from streetlights from far away. - First Usenet use via Google Groups, 9 May 1981 00:31:59-PDT, CSVAX.halbert at Berkeley
- The son of an out-of-work contractor can hope for a crack someday at a Senate seat, knowing that the stepgrandson of a woman who lives in a metal-roofed shack is moving into the White House.
- Assam bush is the best choice for making many world famous teas, but not for white tea, either budset or leaf style.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- White witnessed Dickey's athleticism in a more visceral way when they Indian wrestled, locking right arms and right legs and trying to throw each other.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- In general, support for the hypothesized connection between closedmindedness and threat perceptions is found only among whites.
- Although eggcrate louvers can effectively cut off the view of bright lamps, the grid itself can become rather bright, especially when it is white.
- Colour television and films were considered a great improvement over black and white.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of white in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
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- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "white" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb.