white, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

white (whiter comparative) (whitest superlative) (whites plural )

1  colour Something that is white is the colour of snow or milk.
He had nice square white teeth...
♦ whiteness  n-uncount
Her scarlet lipstick emphasized the whiteness of her teeth.

2  adj A white person has a pale skin and belongs to a race which is of European origin.
He was white, with brown shoulder-length hair and a moustache.
  Whites are white people., n-count usu pl

3  adj If someone goes white, the skin on their face becomes very pale, for example because of fear, shock, anger, or illness.
Richard had gone very white, but he stood his ground...
♦ white as a sheet  phrase
He appeared in the doorway, white as a sheet, eyes wide with horror.

4  adj White wine is pale yellow in colour.
Gregory poured another glass of white wine and went back to his bedroom.
  You can refer to white wine as white., n-mass

5 adj White coffee has had milk or cream added to it.
(BRIT)
Wayne has a large white coffee in front of him.

6 adj White blood cells are the cells in your blood which your body uses to fight infection.

7 n-var The white of an egg is the transparent liquid that surrounds the yellow part called the yolk.

8 n-count The white of someone's eye is the white part that surrounds the coloured part called the iris.