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white adjective ( COLOUR )
/waɪt/ adj Definition
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of a colour like that of snow, milk or bonea white T-shirt
white walls
a black and white dog
He's white-haired now.
"How do you like your coffee?" "White (= With milk or cream) and no sugar, please."
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used in the names of various food and drink products, many of which are not pure white but slightly cream, yellow, grey or transparentwhite bread
white chocolate
white flour
white sugar
white wine
whiteness noun
/ˈwaɪt.nəs/ n [U] (Definition of white adjective (COLOUR) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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