wit

wit
wit1{{/term}}
〈het〉
[kleur] white
[witte kleren] whites, white goods
[iets dat wit is] white
[brood] white (bread)
voorbeelden:
1   gebroken wit off-white
     zuiver wit pure/true/white-white
2   zij trouwde in het wit she was married in white
3   het wit van een ei the white of an egg
     〈schaakspel, damspel〉 met wit spelen play (with) white
4   een half wit half a loaf of white (bread)
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wit2{{/term}}
〈bijvoeglijk naamwoord〉
[niet zwart] white
[met betrekking tot de gelaatskleur] white, pale
[verkocht beneden de vastgestelde prijs] cut-pricenoname/bargain brand
voorbeelden:
1   wit hout whitewood; 〈vurenhout〉 white fir
     〈medicijnen, geneeskunde〉 witte vloed 〈afscheiding〉 vaginal discharge; 〈ziekte〉 vaginitis
     wit maken whiten, blanch
     〈figuurlijk〉 zwart geld wit maken/wassen launder money
     de straat ziet wit van de hagel the street is white with hail
2   hij trok wit weg he went/turned deathly pale
     (nog) wit om de neus zien (still) look green about/the gills
     hij zag zo wit als een doek/als een lijk/als krijt he looked/his face was (as) white as chalk/a sheet/a ghost
3   witte benzine/sigaretten/grammofoonplaten cut-price petrol/cigarettes/illegal (record) cuttings
     een witte pomp independent petrol station
¶   〈techniek, technologie〉 witte ruis white noise
     〈mythologie〉 witte wijven ±white witches

Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels. 2015.

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