whitewash
whitewash is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A composition of line and water, or of whiting size, and water, or the like, used for whitening walls, ceilings, etc.; milk of lime.
- 2.To apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten with whitewash.
- 3.To make white; to give a fair external appearance to; to clear from imputations or disgrace; hence, to clear (a bankrupt) from obligation to pay debts.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- absolution
- absolve
- acquit
- acquitment
- acquittal
- acquittance
- action
- alabaster
- albata
- albification
- argent
- argentine
- assoil
- bargain
- barium
- bis
- blanc
- blanch
- bleach
- blond
- candid
- canescent
- carbonate
- cause
- ceruse
- chalk
- chalky
- civil
- clear
- clearance
- compurgation
- creamy
- cretaceous
- deal
- diplomatic
- discharge
- driven
- drop
- eburin
- etiolate
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is whitewash.
- What is a composition of line and water, or of whiting size, and water, or the like, used for whitening walls, ceilings, etc.; milk of lime called?
- What is to apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten with whitewash called?
- What is to make white; to give a fair external appearance to; to clear from imputations or disgrace; hence, to clear (a bankrupt) from obligation to pay debts called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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