WHITEOUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whiteout mean? 

• WHITEOUT (noun)
  The noun WHITEOUT has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: WHITEOUT used as a noun is very rare.

• WHITEOUT (verb)
  The verb WHITEOUT has 2 senses:

1. cover up with a liquid correction fluid

2. lose daylight visibility in heavy fog, snow, or rain

  Familiarity information: WHITEOUT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITEOUT (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)

• WHITEOUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cover up with a liquid correction fluid

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

white out; whiteout

Context example:

white-out the typo

Hypernyms (to "whiteout" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lose daylight visibility in heavy fog, snow, or rain

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

white-out; whiteout

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