Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A very pure form of white lead. Also called
Chinese white and Kremnitz white.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of a white that resembles silver
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Examples
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They made smaller tweaks in the other covers, including a change in SPELL from a yellowish background to silver-white, making all three books together red, white, and blue.
Contest: Go wild for a free book! karen_w_newton 2009
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I think of cerulean-blue waves, a swirling red skirt and a silver-white moon.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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I think of cerulean-blue waves, a swirling red skirt and a silver-white moon.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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• Now apply your base color from the lash line to the brow, dab a little silver-white in the inner corner.
Paul Venoit: Smokey Eyes Still Smolder Thousands of Years Later Paul Venoit 2011
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Houghton Hall, a grand Palladian mansion of silver-white stone, was built to be the country seat of Robert Walpole, Britain's first prime minister.
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• Now apply your base color from the lash line to the brow, dab a little silver-white in the inner corner.
Paul Venoit: Smokey Eyes Still Smolder Thousands of Years Later Paul Venoit 2011
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Cutting through a flank steak with a pocket knife on Saturday is a man everybody calls Hippie, on account of the long silver-white hair he recently cut off.
Oil spill sloshes over spirits at waterside Mississippi restaurant 2010
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“It plays itself over and over and nothing I do penetrates it…” The aged orc, his remaining strands of hair silver-white, peered through deep-set eyes at a sinewy dagger set on a round, wooden table nearby.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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Her hair was silver-white, cut midway between professional and sensual, swept back behind long ears.
The Faculty Club Danny Tobey 2010
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She wasn't a spiritual person, but when she looked down, there it was, on the doormat, a gift: a silver-white rose, her favorite flower, a secret only she and her husband shared.
The Knocker 2010
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