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WHITEOUT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An arctic atmospheric condition with clouds over snow produce a uniform whiteness and objects are difficult to see; occurs when the light reflected off the snow equals the light coming through the clouds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("whiteout" is a kind of...):
snow; snowfall (precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lose daylight visibility in heavy fog, snow, or rain
Synonyms:
white-out; whiteout
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "whiteout" is one way to...):
lose (fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cover up with a liquid correction fluid
Example:
white-out the typo
Synonyms:
white out; whiteout
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "whiteout" is one way to...):
cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
