Betekenis van whitewash In het Nederlands

• 0 a white liquid that is a mixture of lime or powdered chalk and water, used for making walls or ceilings white

• 1 an attempt to stop people finding out the true facts about a situation:

  • The official report on the killings has been denounced as a whitewash.

• 2 a complete defeat in a game or competition:

  • a 6–0 whitewash

• 3 to make something bad seem acceptable by hiding the truth:

  • The department is trying to whitewash their incompetence.

• 4 to defeat a player or team completely, especially while preventing them from scoring any points

• 5 to paint walls or buildings using whitewash

• 6 paint made from water and white powder which is used esp. on walls and ceilings

  • [ C ] He called the report a whitewash.