white things (noun)
1white sale — white ,sale noun count AMERICAN a sale of things such as sheets and TOWELS in a store …
2white-collar — adj 1.) [only before noun] white collar workers have jobs in offices, banks etc rather than jobs working in factories, building things etc →↑blue collar, pink collar ↑pink collar ▪ white collar jobs 2.) white collar crime crimes involving white… …
3white\ sale — noun the selling, especially at lower prices, of goods or clothing usually made of white cloth. Mother always buys many things at the January white sale to save money …
4white-bread — American white bread people or things are ordinary and boring, and often those that are typical of white, American people. It s a movie about middle America white bread characters living white bread lives. (always before noun) …
5black-and-white — I. adjective Date: 1612 1. partly black and partly white in color 2. being in writing or print 3. executed in dark pigment on a light background or in light pigment on a dark ground < a black and white drawing > 4. monochrome 2 < black and white… …
6black-and-white — adjective 1. lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black a black and white cow black and white blooms black and white stripes • Pertains to noun: ↑achromaticity 2. not having or not capable of producing colors black and white film …
7Collective noun — In linguistics, a collective noun is a word used to define a group of objects, where objects can be people, animals, emotions, inanimate things, concepts, or other things. For example, in the phrase a pride of lions , pride is a collective noun.… …
8dry ice — noun solidified carbon dioxide; dry ice sublimates at 78.5 C and is used mainly as a refrigerant • Hypernyms: ↑solid * * * noun : a substance that consists of solidified carbon dioxide usually in the form of blocks, that at 78.5° C changes… …
9tea — noun 1 drink ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh ▪ There s some fresh (= just made) tea in the pot. (BrE) ▪ stewed (= very strong) (BrE), strong ▪ weak …
10color line — noun barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites • Syn: ↑color bar, ↑colour bar, ↑colour line, ↑Jim Crow • Hypernyms: ↑ideological barrier * * * noun 1 …
