white

/waɪt/ adjective

Definition

COLOUR › being the colour of snow or milk: a white T-shirt white walls

PERSON › Someone who is white has skin that is pale in colour: He's described as a white man in his early thirties.

OF WHITE PEOPLE › relating to white people: the white community

FACE › having a pale face because you are ill or you are feeling shocked: He was white with shock.

COFFEE UK › White coffee has milk or cream added to it: Two coffees please, one black and one white.

WINE › White wine is a pale yellow colour.

whiteness noun [U]

(Definition of white adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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