"blanco como la cera" meaning in Spanish

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Adjective

Forms: blanca como la cera [feminine], blancos como la cera [masculine, plural], blancas como la cera [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Literally, “white as wax”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|white as wax}} “white as wax”, {{lit|white as wax}} Literally, “white as wax” Head templates: {{es-adj|sp=first}} blanco como la cera (feminine blanca como la cera, masculine plural blancos como la cera, feminine plural blancas como la cera)
  1. (idiomatic, simile) white as a sheet Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-blanco_como_la_cera-es-adj-bT1mMr31 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish similes

Inflected forms

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