"whiteness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwaɪtnəs/ Audio: en-us-whiteness.ogg [US] Forms: whiteness [singular], – [plural]
Etymology: white + -ness Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|white|ness}} white + -ness Head templates: {{noun4}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The whiteness of something is how white it is.
    Sense id: simple-whiteness-en-noun-284ch2am
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ness
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