"white horse" meaning in English

See white horse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: En-au-white horse.ogg [Australia] Forms: white horses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} white horse (countable and uncountable, plural white horses)
  1. (countable) Any of several horse-shaped chalk figures in England, such as the Uffington White Horse. Tags: countable Derived forms: Vale of White Horse Translations (literal white horse): gjok (Albanian), 白馬 (Chinese Mandarin), 白马 (báimǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), (hàn) [obsolete] (Chinese Mandarin), šiml (Czech), (achaic) bron (Czech), (achaic) brůna (Czech), valakki (Finnish), Schimmel (German), baltiņš (Latvian), tosa-kapayu (Panamint), چرمه (čarme) (Persian), الوس (alus) (Persian), خنگ (xeng) (Persian), نیله (nile) (Persian), бије́лац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), бе́лац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ђо̏гат [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ђо́го [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), bijélac [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), bélac [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), đȍgat [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), đógo [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-white_horse-en-noun-XW5bZOI8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 16 21 26 1 Disambiguation of 'literal white horse': 35 7 27 8 23
  2. (countable) A wave that is blown by the wind such that its crest is broken up and appears white and foamy; a whitecap. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-white_horse-en-noun-4zuXmgp2
  3. (slang) A recreational drug in the form of white powder: heroin or cocaine. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-white_horse-en-noun-FE-539Zu
  4. A large mass of tough sinewy substance in the head of sperm whales, just above the upper jaw and extending in streaks into the junk above it. It resembles blubber, but contains no oil. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-white_horse-en-noun-pvSK-2SA
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, horse. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-white_horse-en-noun-G7WweMpu

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for white horse meaning in English (5.7kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "white horses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "white horse (countable and uncountable, plural white horses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 16 21 26 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "39 7 28 0 26",
          "word": "Vale of White Horse"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several horse-shaped chalk figures in England, such as the Uffington White Horse."
      ],
      "id": "en-white_horse-en-noun-XW5bZOI8",
      "links": [
        [
          "chalk",
          "chalk"
        ],
        [
          "figure",
          "figure"
        ],
        [
          "England",
          "England"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) Any of several horse-shaped chalk figures in England, such as the Uffington White Horse."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "35 7 27 8 23",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "literal white horse",
          "word": "gjok"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 7 27 8 23",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "literal white horse",
          "word": "白馬"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 7 27 8 23",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "báimǎ",
          "sense": "literal white horse",
          "word": "白马"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 7 27 8 23",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "hàn",
          "sense": "literal white horse",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "翰"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 7 27 8 23",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "literal white horse",
          "word": "šiml"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 7 27 8 23",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "literal white horse",
          "word": "(achaic) bron"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 7 27 8 23",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "literal white horse",
          "word": "(achaic) brůna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 7 27 8 23",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "literal white horse",
          "word": "valakki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 7 27 8 23",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "literal white horse",
          "word": "Schimmel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 7 27 8 23",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "literal white horse",
          "word": "baltiņš"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 7 27 8 23",
          "code": "par",
          "lang": "Panamint",
          "sense": "literal white horse",
          "word": "tosa-kapayu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 7 27 8 23",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "čarme",
          "sense": "literal white horse",
          "word": "چرمه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 7 27 8 23",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "alus",
          "sense": "literal white horse",
          "word": "الوس"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 7 27 8 23",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xeng",
          "sense": "literal white horse",
          "word": "خنگ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 7 27 8 23",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "nile",
          "sense": "literal white horse",
          "word": "نیله"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 7 27 8 23",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "literal white horse",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "бије́лац"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 7 27 8 23",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "literal white horse",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "бе́лац"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 7 27 8 23",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "literal white horse",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ђо̏гат"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 7 27 8 23",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "literal white horse",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ђо́го"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 7 27 8 23",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "literal white horse",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bijélac"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 7 27 8 23",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "literal white horse",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bélac"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 7 27 8 23",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "literal white horse",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "đȍgat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 7 27 8 23",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "literal white horse",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "đógo"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "A wave that is blown by the wind such that its crest is broken up and appears white and foamy; a whitecap."
      ],
      "id": "en-white_horse-en-noun-4zuXmgp2",
      "links": [
        [
          "wave",
          "wave"
        ],
        [
          "blown",
          "blown"
        ],
        [
          "wind",
          "wind"
        ],
        [
          "crest",
          "crest"
        ],
        [
          "foamy",
          "foamy"
        ],
        [
          "whitecap",
          "whitecap"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A wave that is blown by the wind such that its crest is broken up and appears white and foamy; a whitecap."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "A recreational drug in the form of white powder: heroin or cocaine."
      ],
      "id": "en-white_horse-en-noun-FE-539Zu",
      "links": [
        [
          "recreational drug",
          "recreational drug"
        ],
        [
          "heroin",
          "heroin"
        ],
        [
          "cocaine",
          "cocaine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) A recreational drug in the form of white powder: heroin or cocaine."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A large mass of tough sinewy substance in the head of sperm whales, just above the upper jaw and extending in streaks into the junk above it. It resembles blubber, but contains no oil."
      ],
      "id": "en-white_horse-en-noun-pvSK-2SA",
      "links": [
        [
          "tough",
          "tough"
        ],
        [
          "sinewy",
          "sinewy"
        ],
        [
          "substance",
          "substance"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "sperm whale",
          "sperm whale"
        ],
        [
          "blubber",
          "blubber"
        ],
        [
          "oil",
          "oil"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, horse."
      ],
      "id": "en-white_horse-en-noun-G7WweMpu",
      "links": [
        [
          "white",
          "white#English"
        ],
        [
          "horse",
          "horse#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-white horse.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c0/En-au-white_horse.ogg/En-au-white_horse.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/En-au-white_horse.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "white horse"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Vale of White Horse"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "white horses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "white horse (countable and uncountable, plural white horses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several horse-shaped chalk figures in England, such as the Uffington White Horse."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chalk",
          "chalk"
        ],
        [
          "figure",
          "figure"
        ],
        [
          "England",
          "England"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) Any of several horse-shaped chalk figures in England, such as the Uffington White Horse."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A wave that is blown by the wind such that its crest is broken up and appears white and foamy; a whitecap."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wave",
          "wave"
        ],
        [
          "blown",
          "blown"
        ],
        [
          "wind",
          "wind"
        ],
        [
          "crest",
          "crest"
        ],
        [
          "foamy",
          "foamy"
        ],
        [
          "whitecap",
          "whitecap"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A wave that is blown by the wind such that its crest is broken up and appears white and foamy; a whitecap."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A recreational drug in the form of white powder: heroin or cocaine."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "recreational drug",
          "recreational drug"
        ],
        [
          "heroin",
          "heroin"
        ],
        [
          "cocaine",
          "cocaine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) A recreational drug in the form of white powder: heroin or cocaine."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A large mass of tough sinewy substance in the head of sperm whales, just above the upper jaw and extending in streaks into the junk above it. It resembles blubber, but contains no oil."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tough",
          "tough"
        ],
        [
          "sinewy",
          "sinewy"
        ],
        [
          "substance",
          "substance"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "sperm whale",
          "sperm whale"
        ],
        [
          "blubber",
          "blubber"
        ],
        [
          "oil",
          "oil"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, horse."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "white",
          "white#English"
        ],
        [
          "horse",
          "horse#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-white horse.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c0/En-au-white_horse.ogg/En-au-white_horse.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/En-au-white_horse.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "literal white horse",
      "word": "gjok"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "literal white horse",
      "word": "白馬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "báimǎ",
      "sense": "literal white horse",
      "word": "白马"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hàn",
      "sense": "literal white horse",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "翰"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "literal white horse",
      "word": "šiml"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "literal white horse",
      "word": "(achaic) bron"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "literal white horse",
      "word": "(achaic) brůna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "literal white horse",
      "word": "valakki"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "literal white horse",
      "word": "Schimmel"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "literal white horse",
      "word": "baltiņš"
    },
    {
      "code": "par",
      "lang": "Panamint",
      "sense": "literal white horse",
      "word": "tosa-kapayu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "čarme",
      "sense": "literal white horse",
      "word": "چرمه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "alus",
      "sense": "literal white horse",
      "word": "الوس"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xeng",
      "sense": "literal white horse",
      "word": "خنگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nile",
      "sense": "literal white horse",
      "word": "نیله"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "literal white horse",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бије́лац"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "literal white horse",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бе́лац"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "literal white horse",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ђо̏гат"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "literal white horse",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ђо́го"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "literal white horse",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bijélac"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "literal white horse",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bélac"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "literal white horse",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "đȍgat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "literal white horse",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "đógo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "white horse"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.