white
/waɪt/
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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.
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