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whites en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /(h)waɪts/
  • (Australia) audio

Meanings

  1. (plural, plural-only) A set of white clothes, especially as a uniform.
    • He walked somewhat mincingly, thin, in soiled whites, his brief-case under his arm. 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 444:
  2. (form-of, plural) plural of white
    form of white
  3. (plural, plural-only) A set of white clothes, especially as a uniform. ▸ The white uniform of a chef.
  4. (plural, plural-only) A set of white clothes, especially as a uniform. ▸ Cricket whites.
  5. (US, plural, plural-only) A set of white clothes, especially as a uniform. ▸ A white uniform formerly worn by officers of United States Marine Corps.
  6. (plural, plural-only) Linen, especially laundry, that is white.
  7. (informal, plural, plural-only) leukorrhea.

Deriveds

tight whites · forest whites · pearly whites

Translations (1)

pl bielizna (linen)

whites en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /(h)waɪts/
  • (Australia) audio

Meanings

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of white
    form of white