whiteout

Significat (Anglès)

1. (countable, uncountable) A heavy snowstorm; a blizzard.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any weather condition in which visibility and contrast are severely reduced by snow or sand causing the horizon and physical features of the terrain to disappear.
3. (countable, uncountable) Correction fluid (from the brand name Wite-Out).
4. (countable, slang, uncountable) A sporting event where all in attendance are urged to wear white apparel.
5. (countable, uncountable) The simulated erasure of a file, etc. on a read-only volume.
6. (countable, uncountable) The suppression of a story by the media, analogously to deleting information with correction fluid.
7. (countable, uncountable) The silencing of voices and perspectives other than those of white people.

Sinònims

white-out

white out

block out

cake

🍰

canopy

cap

carpet

case

cloak

clothe

conceal

cover

disguise

drape

encase

engulf

flood

grow over

incase

mantle

mask

😷

obliterate

obscure

obstruct

occult

overgrow

paste

shroud

smother

strew

submerge

veil

whiteness

blank out

drown out

bathe

mound over

blanket

Etimologia (Anglès)

Deverbal from white out.