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# white

«white» in Mova's school dictionary: **the colour of snow and milk** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (white, whiter, whitest); noun (white)

### meaning for a pupil

1) White is the colour of snow and milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/white/#m1)

2) The white of an egg is the clear part that turns white when cooked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/white/#m2)

3) The whites of your eyes are the white parts around the coloured part. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/white/#m3)

4) White can describe a pale face, from fear or illness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/white/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: a colour that sorts things into groups; others = total − white. In science: white light is made of all the colours of the rainbow; white things reflect light and stay cooler. In everyday life: white paint, white bread, snow. Phrases: «black and white», «egg white», «white as snow», «a white lie» (a small kind lie).

### examples

- She has 8 white socks and 6 black socks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/white/#x1)
- 12 of the 30 cars are white. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/white/#x2)
- How many are not white? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/white/#x3)
- White paint costs 5 dollars a can. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/white/#x4)
- The field was white with snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/white/#x5)
- Whisk the egg whites until they are stiff. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/white/#x6)
- A prism splits white light into a rainbow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/white/#x7)
- His face went white when he saw the spider. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/white/#x8)
- Besides, Kotick was a white seal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/white/#x9)

### note

Comparison: white, whiter, whitest. A «white lie» is a small lie told to be kind, but it is still a lie. Maths: a label for a group; others = total − white. No operation by itself.

### In the corpora

- [Laundry means sorting colours, reading labels and choosing the right temperature; a red sock in a white wash turns everything pink.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home/8/)
- [Mixing all colours of LIGHT is different and makes white.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool/2/)
- [In black-and-white films, chocolate syrup was used as fake blood because it looked right on screen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/12/)
- [Adding white to a colour makes a lighter tint, and adding black makes a darker shade.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/42-olympiad-picture-puzzles/6/)
- [Zebras have black skin, so they are usually described as black with white stripes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/25-horses-zebras-and-donkeys/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «white» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/white/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.