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whites

2.7

Clothes of light color worn for sports or as part of a uniform

noun
/waɪts/

: ropa blanca

I WOULD, BUT, UH, THEN I MIGHT SOIL MY CROQUET WHITES.

I hope she brought the whites and stuff.

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Examples

She packed her whites for the upcoming cricket game as required by the club.
For our tennis tournament, everyone must bring their own whites to wear on the court.
What we have here are a pair of classic, all white air forces.
And the girls had to wear white pants and the boys didn't.
And I only wore white pants, white shirts and white robes.
During the match, all the players wore their crisp whites to follow the team's uniform policy.

Synonyms

white

vswhites

17 7.0

Light-colored trousers worn for sports like cricket or tennis

is broader, covering many light-coloured garments used in sports and uniforms

dress whites

vswhites

Specialized

1 6.0

Formal white uniforms people in the military wear for ceremonies

is for everyday sports or regular uniform use rather than formal ceremonies

Compounds

dress whites

Specialized

1 6.0

Formal white uniforms people in the military wear for ceremonies

Surface Forms

white singular

whites plural

Morphology

whites = white (transparent) = white + s

The plural is a regular plural of the noun 'white' used for clothing, so the meaning is predictable from the base.

Etymology

Whites for clothing comes from garments that are white in color, so people called their white shirts and trousers 'whites'. That's why sports teams still call their white uniforms their whites.