white
part of speech
adjective (white, whiter, whitest); noun (white)
meaning for a pupil
1) White is the colour of snow and milk. tree →
2) The white of an egg is the clear part that turns white when cooked. tree →
3) The whites of your eyes are the white parts around the coloured part. tree →
4) White can describe a pale face, from fear or illness. tree →
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 →
- 12 of the 30 cars are white. tree →
- How many are not white? tree →
- White paint costs 5 dollars a can. tree →
- The field was white with snow. tree →
- Whisk the egg whites until they are stiff. tree →
- A prism splits white light into a rainbow. tree →
- His face went white when he saw the spider. tree →
- Besides, Kotick was a white seal. tree →
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.
- Mixing all colours of LIGHT is different and makes white.
- In black-and-white films, chocolate syrup was used as fake blood because it looked right on screen.
- Adding white to a colour makes a lighter tint, and adding black makes a darker shade.
- Zebras have black skin, so they are usually described as black with white stripes.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «white» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.