Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - white

~1 adj 1 having the colour of milk, salt or snow  (white paint) 2 looking pale, because of illness, strong emotion etc  (white with anger/fear etc)  (Her face was white with fear. | white as a sheet (=extremely pale because you are frightened, ill etc)) 3 a) belonging to a race with pale skin b) of or for white people  (a white neighborhood) 4 white coffee has milk or cream in it  (- opposite black1 (3)) 5 white wine is a very pale yellow or pale green colour - whiteness n ~2 n 1 the colour of milk, salt, and snow 2 someone who belongs to a pale-skinned race  (The party got a lot of support from South Africa's whites.) 3 C + of the white part of your eye 4 the transparent part of an egg that surrounds the yolk (=yellow part) 5 whites plural a) white clothes, sheets etc, which are separated from dark colours when they are washed b) especially BrE white clothes that are worn for some sports, such as tennis