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1. adjective1) (of the colour of the paper on which these words are printed: The bride wore a white dress.) bel2) (having light-coloured skin, through being of European etc descent: the first white man to explore Africa.) belopolt3) (abnormally pale, because of fear, illness etc: He went white with shock.) bled4) (with milk in it: A white coffee, please.) bel2. noun1) (the colour of the paper on which these words are printed: White and black are opposites.) bela barva2) (a white-skinned person: racial trouble between blacks and whites.) belec3) ((also egg-white) the clear fluid in an egg, surrounding the yolk: This recipe tells you to separate the yolks from the whites.) beljak4) ((of an eye) the white part surrounding the pupil and iris: The whites of her eyes are bloodshot.) beločnica•- whiten- whiteness
- whitening
- whitish
- white-collar
- white elephant
- white horse
- white-hot
- white lie
- whitewash 3. verb(to cover with whitewash.) beliti z apnom- white wine* * *I [wáit]adjectivebel; belopolt; belokožen; bled; svetel; bel ali siv (lasje); poetically blond, plav; brezbarven, prozoren; figuratively čist, nedolžen, neomadeževan, preprost; politics bel, rojalističen, reakcionaren; technical pocinan; srebrn, beložareč, razbeljen; economy dovoljen, dopuščen; (redko) srečen; printing prazen, nepotiskan; colloquially poštènas white as a sheet — bled kot zid (stena, smrt)white ant — bela mravlja, termitwhite book politics bela knjigawhite brass technical bela med, novo srebrowhite bear — beli, polarni medvedwhite coal technical beli premog, vodna močwhite coffee — bela, mlečna kavawhite father American beli oče (indijanski vzdevek za predsednika ZDA)white feather — belo pero (znak strahopetnosti), figuratively strahopetecwhite sale economy razprodaja platnenega blaga, beli tedenwhite paper politics bela knjiga (poročilo angleške vlade)white supremacy — prevlada, nadvlada belcevto bleed white — pustiti (tele) izkrvaveti; figuratively izsesati, kri puščati (komu)II [wáit]nounbelina, bela barva, belilo; bel predmet; belokožnost; belec, človek bele rase; beljak; belo vino; obsolete srebro, srebrnik; (šah) bela figura; beli krog pri tarči; politics beli, reakcionar, rojalist; figuratively čistost, nedolžnost; printing vrzel, prazen prostorin the white technical surov, nepleskan (les, kovina itd.)III [wáit]transitive verb(po)beliti, prebeliti; napraviti belo; figuratively površno napraviti lepo (dobro)to white out printing pustiti bel (prazen) prostor
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white sale — n. a sale of household linens … English World dictionary
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white sale — {n.} 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./ … Dictionary of American idioms
white\ 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 … Словарь американских идиом
white sale — an occasion when concessions are freely given There is recurrent heavy discounting by retailers of white goods, bedlinen, and domestic appliances. Some figurative use: I got him everything. It was a white sale at the U.S. Attorney s… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
white sale — selling at reduced prices of towels, linens, etc. We went to the white sale at the department store last Saturday … Idioms and examples
