whiteout
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- noun
- /ˈwaɪtˌaʊt/
- UK
- On the drive back, I was hit with a freak spring blizzard, almost a whiteout.
- whiteout conditions
- lost in a whiteout
- complete whiteout
Examples
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In January, whiteouts shut down the highways, and the outside world takes on a quality very much like oxygen: we know it exists all around us, but we can't see it.
Fiction book (2001) -
Had we had whiteout conditions or poor weather, I would have used more flash.
Academic text (1994) -
Bad visibility turned into a whiteout for a few seconds.
Fiction book (1993) -
There's a whiteout coming up.
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But in the whiteout, they've strayed completely off course and into deep trouble.
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She glanced up at the whiteout beyond the windows.
Fiction book (1998) -
TODD: I can't see the landing area in the whiteout conditions.
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It could be whiteout conditions on the top of the Gun Barrel at Heavenly Valley, and my father could not have been happier.
Fiction book (2002) -
The blizzard resulted in dangerous whiteout conditions, making it nearly impossible to drive safely.
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Travelers were warned to stay indoors due to severe whiteout conditions blanketing the mountains.
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Etymology
Whiteout is a name for a weather event when clouds, fog, and snow mix so ground and sky look the same white and the horizon disappears. That is why a whiteout makes it hard to see anything.