White vs. Ecru
Whiteadjective
Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
Whiteadjective
(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin.
Whiteadjective
Designated for use by Caucasians.
Whiteadjective
Relatively light or pale in colour.
Whiteadjective
Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.
Whiteadjective
Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.
Whiteadjective
(of coffee or tea) Containing cream, milk, or creamer.
Whiteadjective
The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.
Whiteadjective
Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.
Whiteadjective
Honourable, fair; decent.
Whiteadjective
Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.
Whiteadjective
(archaic) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favourable.
Whiteadjective
(obsolete) Regarded with especial favour; favourite; darling.
Whiteadjective
(politics) Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.
Whiteadjective
(of tea) Made from immature leaves and shoots.
Whiteadjective
(typography) Not containing characters; see white space.
Whiteadjective
(typography) Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare said of a character or symbol filled with color.
Whiteadjective
Characterised by the presence of snow
Whitenoun
The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
Whitenoun
A person of European descent with light-coloured skin.
Whitenoun
The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).
Whitenoun
(anatomy) The sclera, white of the eye.
Whitenoun
Any butterfly of the Pieris genus.
Whitenoun
The cue ball in cue games.
Whitenoun
White wine.
Whitenoun
Cocaine
Whitenoun
(archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.
Whitenoun
The snow- or ice-covered "green" in snow golf.
Whitenoun
A white pigment.
Whitenoun
(countable) Anything that is of the color white.
Whitenoun
The enclosed part of a letter of the alphabet, especially when handwritten.
Whiteverb
(transitive) To make white; to whiten; to bleach.
Whiteadjective
Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; - the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin.
Whiteadjective
Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
Whiteadjective
Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
Whiteadjective
Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
Whiteadjective
Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
Whiteadjective
Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
Whitenoun
The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
Whitenoun
Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye.
Whitenoun
Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot.
Whitenoun
A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men.
Whitenoun
A white pigment; as, Venice white.
Whitenoun
Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.
Whiteverb
To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
Whitenoun
a member of the Caucasoid race
Whitenoun
the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
Whitenoun
Australian writer (1912-1990)
Whitenoun
United States political journalist (1915-1986)
Whitenoun
United States architect (1853-1906)
Whitenoun
United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
Whitenoun
United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
Whitenoun
a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
Whitenoun
(board games) the lighter pieces
Whitenoun
(usually in the plural) trousers
Whiteverb
turn white;
Whiteadjective
being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light;
Whiteadjective
of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration;
Whiteadjective
free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied;
Whiteadjective
marked by the presence of snow;
Whiteadjective
restricted to whites only;
Whiteadjective
glowing white with heat;
Whiteadjective
benevolent; without malicious intent;
Whiteadjective
of a surface; not written or printed on;
Whiteadjective
(of coffee) having cream or milk added
Whiteadjective
dressed (or especially habited) in white;
Whiteadjective
(of hair) having lost its color;
Whiteadjective
ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion;
Whiteadjective
of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets;
White
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of fresh snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black.
Ecrunoun
A beige colour.
Ecruadjective
Of a beige colour.
Ecruadjective
Having the color or appearance of unbleached stuff, as silk, linen, or the like.
Ecrunoun
a very light brown
Ecrunoun
the light fawn colour of unbleached linen
Ecru
Ecru is the colour of unbleached linen.Traditionally ecru was considered a shade of beige, but beginning in the 19th century it became more precisely defined as . Ecru comes from the French word écru, which means .
