Science Fair Project Dictionary
White
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English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English hƿit
Pronunciation
- wīt, /waɪt/, /waIt/
- Homophones: wight
- Rhymes: -aɪt
- hwīt, /ʍaɪt/, /WaIt/
Noun
white (plural whites)
- The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
- A Caucasian person.
Translations
color/colour
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Caucasian person
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Translations to be checked
The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. The numbering is incorrect.
- Bosnian: bijela f (1, 3), bijelac m (4), bjeljkinja f (4)
Adjective
white (whiter , whitest )
- Bright and colourless ; Reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
- Caucasian .
Antonyms
- (bright and colourless): black
Translations
bright and colourless
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Caucasian
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Derived terms
- whiten
- whiteboard
- whitecurrant
- white metal
- white noise
- white out
- white pointer
- white pudding
- egg white
- great white shark
- non-white
- off-white , offwhite
- snow-white
- Snow White
- white as a sheet
- whiter than white
See also
10-26-2009 07:45:12
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