white in English: Having the colour of snow or of fresh milk, the lightest of all colours. (adjective)

Translation

Having the colour of snow or of fresh milk, the lightest of all colours.

Word origin

From Old English hwit, the common Germanic word for the colour.

Origin: Old English
Root: hwit

Examples

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"White" tells us the colour of the shirt.

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Here "white" describes the colour of the snow.

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Here "white" is the colour she painted the walls.

Related words

colour

What something looks like, such as red, blue, or green.

black

Having the colour of the night sky, the darkest of all colours.

snow

Soft white pieces of frozen water that fall from the sky when it is very cold.

milk

A white drink that comes from cows, which people drink and use in food.

light

Light is the brightness from the sun, a fire, or a lamp that lets us see things.

pink

A pale colour made by mixing red and white, like many flowers.

pure

Not mixed with anything else; completely clean and natural.

grey

A colour between black and white, like a cloud on a rainy day.

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