white
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1. (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth (noun.artifact)
hypernym | : | pant, trouser, |
definition | : | (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately (noun.artifact) |
domain usage | : | plural, plural form, |
definition | : | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one (noun.communication) |
2. (board games) the lighter pieces (noun.artifact)
hypernym | : | man, piece, |
definition | : | game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games (noun.artifact) |
domain category | : | checkers, draughts, |
definition | : | a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces (noun.act) |
domain category | : | chess, chess game, |
definition | : | a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king (noun.act) |
3. the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) (noun.attribute)
hyponym | : | alabaster, |
definition | : | a very light white (noun.attribute) |
hyponym | : | bleach, |
definition | : | the whiteness that results from removing the color from something (noun.attribute) |
hyponym | : | chalk, |
definition | : | a pure flat white with little reflectance (noun.attribute) |
4. the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water (noun.food)
hypernym | : | fixings, ingredient, |
definition | : | food that is a component of a mixture in cooking (noun.food) |
part meronym | : | egg, eggs, |
definition | : | oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food (noun.food) |
5. a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri (noun.object)
instance hypernym | : | river, |
definition | : | a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek) (noun.object) |
part meronym | : | ar, arkansas, land of opportunity, |
definition | : | a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War (noun.location) |
part meronym | : | missouri, mo, show me state, |
definition | : | a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union (noun.location) |
6. a member of the Caucasoid race (noun.person)
hyponym | : | aryan, |
definition | : | (according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew) (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | circassian, |
definition | : | a member of the Sunni Muslim people living in northwestern Caucasia (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | paleface, |
definition | : | (slang) a derogatory term for a white person (supposedly used by North American Indians) (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | semite, |
definition | : | a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | cassite, kassite, |
definition | : | a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | elamite, |
definition | : | a member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | white man, |
definition | : | a man who is White (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | white woman, |
definition | : | a woman who is White (noun.person) |
7. United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918) (noun.person)
8. United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985) (noun.person)
instance hypernym | : | author, writer, |
definition | : | writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) (noun.person) |
9. United States architect (1853-1906) (noun.person)
instance hypernym | : | architect, designer, |
definition | : | someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings) (noun.person) |
10. United States political journalist (1915-1986) (noun.person)
instance hypernym | : | journalist, |
definition | : | a writer for newspapers and magazines (noun.person) |
11. Australian writer (1912-1990) (noun.person)
instance hypernym | : | author, writer, |
definition | : | writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) (noun.person) |
12. 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.person)
instance hypernym | : | chief justice, |
definition | : | the judge who presides over a supreme court (noun.person) |
13. turn white (verb.change)
hyponym | : | bleach, |
definition | : | make whiter or lighter (verb.change) |
14. of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration (adj.all)
similar | : | light-skinned, |
definition | : | having little skin pigmentation (adj.all) |
15. of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets (adj.all)
similar | : | light, |
definition | : | characterized by or emitting light (adj.all) |
16. being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light (adj.all)
similar | : | albescent, |
definition | : | becoming or shading into white (adj.all) |
also | : | light, light-colored, |
definition | : | (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent (adj.all) |
attribute | : | value, |
definition | : | relative darkness or lightness of a color (noun.attribute) |
17. anemic looking from illness or emotion (adj.all)
18. (of coffee) having cream or milk added (adj.all)
similar | : | dilute, diluted, |
definition | : | reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity (adj.all) |
19. (of a surface) not written or printed on (adj.all)
similar | : | empty, |
definition | : | holding or containing nothing (adj.all) |
20. benevolent; without malicious intent (adj.all)
similar | : | good, |
definition | : | morally admirable (adj.all) |
21. glowing white with heat (adj.all)
similar | : | hot, |
definition | : | used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning (adj.all) |
22. restricted to whites only (adj.all)
23. marked by the presence of snow (adj.all)
similar | : | covered, |
definition | : | overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form (adj.all) |
24. free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied (adj.all)
similar | : | pure, |
definition | : | (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless (adj.all) |
25. (board games) the lighter pieces (noun.artifact)
antonym | : | black, |
definition | : | (board games) the darker pieces (noun.artifact) |
26. the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) (noun.attribute)
antonym | : | black, blackness, inkiness, |
definition | : | the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | white, whiten, |
definition | : | turn white (verb.change) |
derivation | : | white, |
definition | : | being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light (adj.all) |
27. a member of the Caucasoid race (noun.person)
derivation | : | white, |
definition | : | of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration (adj.all) |
28. turn white (verb.change)
derivation | : | white, whiteness, |
definition | : | the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) (noun.attribute) |
29. of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration (adj.all)
antonym | : | black, |
definition | : | of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin (adj.all) |
30. being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light (adj.all)
antonym | : | black, |
definition | : | being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light (adj.all) |
derivation | : | white, whiteness, |
definition | : | the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) (noun.attribute) |
31. anemic looking from illness or emotion (adj.all)
32. (of a surface) not written or printed on (adj.all)
derivation | : | blankness, |
definition | : | the state of being blank; void; emptiness (noun.state) |
33. marked by the presence of snow (adj.all)
derivation | : | snow, |
definition | : | a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground (noun.substance) |
34. free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied (adj.all)
35. (board games) the lighter pieces (noun.artifact)
antonym | : | black, |
definition | : | (board games) the darker pieces (noun.artifact) |
36. the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) (noun.attribute)
antonym | : | black, blackness, inkiness, |
definition | : | the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | white, whiten, |
definition | : | turn white (verb.change) |
derivation | : | white, |
definition | : | being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light (adj.all) |
37. a member of the Caucasoid race (noun.person)
derivation | : | white, |
definition | : | of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration (adj.all) |
38. turn white (verb.change)
derivation | : | white, whiteness, |
definition | : | the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) (noun.attribute) |
39. of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration (adj.all)
antonym | : | black, |
definition | : | of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin (adj.all) |
40. being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light (adj.all)
antonym | : | black, |
definition | : | being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light (adj.all) |
derivation | : | white, whiteness, |
definition | : | the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) (noun.attribute) |
41. anemic looking from illness or emotion (adj.all)
42. (of a surface) not written or printed on (adj.all)
derivation | : | blankness, |
definition | : | the state of being blank; void; emptiness (noun.state) |
43. marked by the presence of snow (adj.all)
derivation | : | snow, |
definition | : | a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground (noun.substance) |
44. free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied (adj.all)
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