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to whiteout

to whiteout

8.0
To lose visibility in heavy snow, fog or rain so the land looks white
  • verb
  • /ˈwaɪtˌaʊt/
  • UK
translation icon : dejar sin visibilidad
  • If the road whites out during your drive, pull over and wait for conditions to improve.

Examples

  • As the snowstorm picked up, everything around them began to white out, making it impossible to see the trees.

  • During the blizzard, the road whited out completely, causing the driver to slow down for safety.

  • The hikers were suddenly whited out as the storm intensified on the mountainside.

  • The plane had to turn back when the runway whited out in heavy snow.

  • Don't whiteout the path!

  • The mountain road can whiteout quickly.

  • The visibility was so poor that the landscape whited out in the heavy fog, leaving them disoriented.

Synonyms

to white-out
vsto whiteout
  • UK
7.2

Daylight becomes hard to see when fog, snow, or rain covers everything

is the same meaning but written without a hyphen in modern usage

How Visible

to clear up
51 2.0
to haze
1 4.7
to fog up
5 2.8
to whiteout
  • UK
8.0

Surface Forms

whiteout infinitive
whiteouted past
whiteouted past participle
whiteouting present participle
whiteouts third person singular

Etymology

Whiteout as a verb comes from the picture of the land 'turning' white and things going out of sight. So if the road whites out, you lose visibility in heavy snow, fog, or rain.