Meaning of white In English

• 0 of a colour like that of snow, milk, or bone:

  • a white T-shirt

  • white walls

  • a black and white dog

  • He's white-haired now.

  • UK "How do you like your coffee?" "White (= with milk or cream) and no sugar, please."

  • She was white, and her lips were pale.

  • white bread

  • white chocolate

  • white flour

  • white sugar

  • white wine

• 1 belonging to the group of people with skin that is pale in colour, who come from or whose family originally came from Europe:

  • He had a black mother and a white father.

  • a predominantly white neighbourhood

• 2 a colour like that of snow, milk, or bone:

  • In some countries it is traditional for a bride to wear white.

  • a girl in tennis whites

  • chef/chef's whites

  • The medical team was all in hospital whites.

  • A red sock got put in the wash with the whites!

  • Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes (= until the people are very close to you).

  • Beat four egg whites into stiff peaks.

• 3 a person with skin that is pale in colour, who comes from or whose family originally came from Europe:

  • The neighbourhood is populated mainly by whites.

• 4 (of) a color like that of snow, milk, or bone:

  • white hair

  • a white shirt

  • [ C ] We used a bright white on the ceilings.

• 5 belonging to a race whose skin is pale in color; Caucasian:

  • There were many white faces in the crowd.