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white

nounverbadjective /hwaɪt/ 1 syllables 5 letters Scrabble 11 WWF 10
Definitions
noun

a Caucasian

noun

United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)

verb

turn white

“This detergent will whiten your laundry”

adjective

not written or printed on

“wide white margins”

noun

Australian writer (1912-1990)

adjective

glowing white with heat

“white flames”

noun

the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)

noun

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)

noun

United States political journalist (1915-1986)

adjective

having lost its color

“the white hairs of old age”

adjective

being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light

“as white as fresh snow”

noun

United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)

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