white trash
A poorly educated white person or, collectively, white people of low social status and often regarded as lazy, irresponsible, unintelligent, etc.
This white trash can't pay for his own beer.
white
/ˈwaɪt/
noun 8adj 6name 5verb 1
Collocations
15(adj.) of the colour of snow or milk
ADJ
dead, pure | bright, brilliant | bone, creamy, icy, milky | dirty, off- | plain
PHRASES
as white as snow
(adj.) very pale because of illness or fear
VERBS
be, look | go, turn
ADV
extremely, very | rather
PREP
with
Her face went white with fear when she heard the loud crash outside.
PHRASES
as white as a sheet
(noun.)
ADJ
egg
The recipe called for three egg whites to make a fluffy meringue.
VERB + WHITE
beat, whip, whisk
PHRASES
the white of an egg
I separated the white of the egg from the yolk to make the meringue.
Definitions
adj
1
Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
Write in black ink on white paper.
white as the whitest lily on a stream.
2
Of or relating to Europeans or those of European descent, regardless if their skin has cool or warm undertones.
3
Of or relating to Caucasians (people with white complexion and European ancestry).
[…]more white corporations cognizant of the mounting purchasing power of the Negro consumer, have Negro representatives in the field[…].
Ms. Ringwald finds a few things about these films regrettable. One thing she found "significantly disturbing," she wrote, "was how white the films are."
4
By U.S. Census Bureau definition, of or relating to people hailing from Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
5
Designated for use by Caucasians.
white drinking fountain
white hospital
noun
1
The color of snow or milk; the color of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
Not only were the platforms tiled in white, the tunnels were painted white too - to prettify them, and make them less claustrophobic - and the Central proudly issued a postcard of its tunnel-whitening machine.
2
A person of European descent with light-colored skin.
The Indians carried first our canoes and then our stores through the brushwood, which is very thick at this point, while we four whites, our rifles on our shoulders, walked between them and any danger coming from the woods.
We could have ridden for weeks, possibly months, and never seen a white man had it not been that Laurie was riding from scattered white to white.
3
Any butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae in the family Pieridae.
Several other beautiful butterflies rewarded my search in this place [...] The most abundant butterflies were the whites and yellows (Pieridae), several of which I had already found at Lombock and at Coupang, while others were new to me.
4
White wine.
A bottle of red, a bottle of white / It all depends upon your appetite / I'll meet you any time you want / In our Italian Restaurant.
Those were my first impressions of wine: Ladies drink chilled, soft white while they gossip in the kitchen; old men drink strong, room-temperature red to get shellacked.
5
White coffee
verb
1
To make white; to whiten; to bleach.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
so as no fuller on earth can white them
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lig
noun — the white part of an egg
- albumen
- ovalbumin
noun — a Caucasian
verb — turn white
adjective — (of hair) having lost its color
- whitened
adjective — glowing white with heat
adjective — restricted to whites only
adjective — marked by the presence of snow
Idioms & Phrases
white marriage
An unconsummated marriage.
white lie
A deliberately untrue statement which is intended to produce a favorable result; especially, one which is judged to be better than an overhonest alternative, as for example to remain polite in a superficial social exchange, or to choose one
The prevarication and white lies which a mind that keeps itself ambitiously pure is as uneasy under as a great artist under the false touches that no eye detects but his own, are w
white on rice
a descriptive analogy of closeness. See like white on rice.
black and white
Alternative form of black-and-white (of an image, a video, etc: in black, white, and perhaps shades of grey, rather than in colour)
The second segment is one of the most audacious and ambitious in “Treehouse Of Horror” history, and not just because it’s in black and white. It’s a parody of King Kong that works
Example Bank
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Write in black ink on white paper.
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white as the whitest lily on a stream.
Wiktionary03
While some of the more exotic varieties are becoming more popular with nationwide growers, such as the pale pinkish white pineberry, local farms will frequently plant a few different varieties to best
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Not only were the platforms tiled in white, the tunnels were painted white too - to prettify them, and make them less claustrophobic - and the Central proudly issued a postcard of its tunnel-whitening
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The Indians carried first our canoes and then our stores through the brushwood, which is very thick at this point, while we four whites, our rifles on our shoulders, walked between them and any danger
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We could have ridden for weeks, possibly months, and never seen a white man had it not been that Laurie was riding from scattered white to white.
WiktionaryUsage Notes
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In some senses, white is marked as historical, UK, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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