whiteness

Roget-categorie 430

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#430. Whiteness

zelfstandig naamwoord

whiteness etc. adj. — argent.
albification^†, etiolation — lactescence^†.
snow, paper, chalk, milk, lily, ivory, alabaster — albata^†, eburin^†, German silver, white metal, barium sulphate [Chem], titanium oxide, blanc fixe [Fr.], ceruse^†, pearl white — white lead, carbonate of lead.

werkwoord

be white etc. adj.. render white etc. adj. — whiten, bleach, blanch, etiolate, whitewash, silver.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

white — milk-white, snow-white — snowy — niveous^†, candid, chalky — hoar, hoary — silvery — argent, argentine — canescent^†, cretaceous, lactescent^†.
whitish, creamy, pearly, fair, blond — blanched etc. v. — high in tone, light.
white as a sheet, white as driven snow, white as a lily, white as silver — like ivory etc. n..

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