"whitewall" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: white + wall Etymology templates: {{compound|en|white|wall}} white + wall Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} whitewall (not comparable)
  1. Having white sidewalls (of a tyre/tire) Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Automotive
    Sense id: en-whitewall-en-adj-atD3ZZVT Disambiguation of Automotive: 29 13 34 11 14
  2. (US, military) Describing a hair cut with a closely cropped back and sides and the hair on the top of the head left longer. Tags: US, not-comparable Categories (topical): Military, Automotive
    Sense id: en-whitewall-en-adj-eLy6UNb3 Disambiguation of Automotive: 29 13 34 11 14 Categories (other): American English Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: whitewalls [plural]
Etymology: white + wall Etymology templates: {{compound|en|white|wall}} white + wall Head templates: {{en-noun}} whitewall (plural whitewalls)
  1. A tyre/tire with white sidewalls. Categories (topical): Automotive Translations (tyre with white sidewalls): Weißwandreifen [masculine] (German), (vit) däcksida [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-whitewall-en-noun-8mmHMIoj Disambiguation of Automotive: 29 13 34 11 14 Disambiguation of 'tyre with white sidewalls': 86 14
  2. (US, military) A hair cut with a closely cropped back and sides and the hair on the top of the head left longer. Tags: US Categories (topical): Military, Automotive
    Sense id: en-whitewall-en-noun-jJ7W9gXB Disambiguation of Automotive: 29 13 34 11 14 Categories (other): American English Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: whitewalls [plural]
Etymology: See witwall. Etymology templates: {{m|en|witwall}} witwall Head templates: {{en-noun}} whitewall (plural whitewalls)
  1. (UK, dialect, Northamptonshire, rare) The spotted flycatcher. Tags: Northamptonshire, UK, dialectal, rare Categories (topical): Automotive Categories (lifeform): Muscicapids
    Sense id: en-whitewall-en-noun-jzACZtKg Disambiguation of Automotive: 29 13 34 11 14 Disambiguation of Muscicapids: 10 17 9 18 45 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 21 9 21 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 16 6 16 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "spotted flycatcher"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, dialect, Northamptonshire, rare) The spotted flycatcher."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northamptonshire",
        "UK",
        "dialectal",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "whitewall"
}

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