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white

1. adj. Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.

Write in black ink on white paper.

2. adj. (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin.

3. adj. (chiefly historical) Designated for use by Caucasians.

white drinking fountain; white hospital

4. adj. Relatively light or pale in colour.

white wine; white grapes

5. adj. Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.

6. adj. (of a person, or skin) Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.

7. adj. (of coffee or tea) Containing cream, milk, or creamer.

8. adj. (board games, chess) The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.

The white pieces in this set are in fact made of light green glass.

9. adj. Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.

10. adj. Honourable, fair; decent.

11. adj. Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.

12. adj. (archaic) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favourable.

13. adj. (obsolete) Regarded with especial favour; favourite; darling.

14. adj. (politics) Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.

15. adj. (of tea) Made from immature leaves and shoots.

16. adj. (typography) Not containing characters; see white space.

17. adj. (typography) Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare black.

Compare two Unicode symbols: , ☞ = "WHITE RIGHT POINTING INDEX"; , ☛ = BLACK RIGHT POINTING INDEX

18. adj. Characterised by the presence of snow.

a white Christmas or white Easter

19. n. The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.

20. n. A person of European descent with light-coloured skin.

21. n. The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).

22. n. (anatomy) The sclera, white of the eye.

23. n. Any butterfly of the Pieris genus.

24. n. (sports) The cue ball in cue games.

25. n. White wine.

26. n. (slang) Cocaine

27. n. (archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.

28. n. The snow- or ice-covered "green" in snow golf.

29. n. A white pigment.

Venice white

30. n. Anything that is of the color white.

31. n. The enclosed part of a letter of the alphabet, especially when handwritten.

32. v. To make white; to whiten; to bleach.

Nederlands > Engels

wit

1. adj. white

De muur is wit. - The wall is white.

Ze droeg een wite jurk tijdens het feest. - She wore a white dress at the party.

Zijn tanden zijn witter dan die van haar. - His teeth are whiter than hers.

2. adj. (of income) legally obtained by having paid the appropriate taxes

Zijn inkomen is volledig wit. - His income is fully legal and taxed.

Veel mensen streven ernaar om een wit inkomen te hebben. - Many people aim to have a white, or legally obtained income.

3. adj. (chiefly Suriname) having a white skin colour, light-skinned (see usage note)

4. adj. (Suriname) having a relatively light skin colour

De lang gewenste dag verscheen, heel klaar en wit. - The long-wished-for day appeared, very clear and white.

5. n-n. white (color)

Wit is alle kleuren ineens. - White is all colors at once.

Myn wit is Adam en zyn afkomst te bederven. (in Lucifer, by Vondel) - My goal is to corrupt Adam and his origin.

6. n-n. (slang) cocaine

Heb je een halfje wit? - Do you have a dose of cocaine? (The phrase halfje wit normally means "half a loaf of white bread".)

7. n-n. , passage=‘Je bestelde ook een halfje wit’, hield De Main hem voor. ‘Wat is dat dan?’

8. v. imperative of witten

Uitspraak

Voorbeeldzinnen

Last month he had his house painted white.
    Afgelopen maand heeft hij zijn huis wit laten schilderen.
This dog is white.
    Deze hond is wit.
The paper is white.
    Het papier is wit.
My children love the story of Snow White.
    Mijn kinderen houden erg van het verhaal van Sneeuwwitje.
The big white dog looks at that cat.
    De grote witte hond kijkt naar die kat.

Vorige woorden herzien

long	mirror	handbag	school desk
eighteen	red	hour	beer
living room	blink	small	pear
syringe	cymbal	underwear	seventy-nine

Willekeurig

pedestrian	five	head	underwear
skirt	roundabout	deodorant	drinks
second	painter	arm	small
icecream	fifty-two	drive	school

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