"whites" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /(h)waɪts/ Audio: en-au-whites.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -aɪts Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} whites
  1. plural of white Tags: form-of, plural Form of: white
    Sense id: en-whites-en-noun-Xnxf6XMZ

Noun

IPA: /(h)waɪts/ Audio: en-au-whites.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -aɪts Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} whites pl (plural only)
  1. A set of white clothes, especially as a uniform.
    The white uniform of a chef.
    Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-whites-en-noun-HD4tLDQm
  2. A set of white clothes, especially as a uniform.
    (cricket) Cricket whites.
    Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Cricket
    Sense id: en-whites-en-noun-gDLkKKft Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 6 35 16 5 9 12 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 6 24 21 5 6 9 28 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 6 9 40 15 9 6 7 11 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. A set of white clothes, especially as a uniform.
    (US, military) A white uniform formerly worn by officers of United States Marine Corps.
    Tags: US, plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Military, Clothing
    Sense id: en-whites-en-noun-aeGnSKEu Disambiguation of Clothing: 2 16 16 27 16 17 0 5 Categories (other): American English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 6 24 21 5 6 9 28 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  4. A set of white clothes, especially as a uniform. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-whites-en-noun-rSO-1qsM
  5. Linen, especially laundry, that is white. Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (linen): bielizna [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-whites-en-noun-9mdm2q4j Disambiguation of 'linen': 4 5 4 2 84 1
  6. (informal) leukorrhea. Tags: informal, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-whites-en-noun-7mU0TU04
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: forest whites, pearly whites, tight whites

Verb

IPA: /(h)waɪts/ Audio: en-au-whites.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -aɪts Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} whites
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of white Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: white
    Sense id: en-whites-en-verb-rdm-dAp- Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 6 24 21 5 6 9 28

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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.