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Noun: whiteout
  1. An arctic atmospheric condition with clouds over snow produce a uniform whiteness and objects are difficult to see; occurs when the light reflected off the snow equals the light coming through the clouds
Verb: whiteout
  1. Lose daylight visibility in heavy fog, snow, or rain
    - white-out
     
  2. Cover up with a liquid correction fluid
    - white out
Verb: white out
  1. Widen the interlinear spacing by inserting leads

Derived forms: whiting out, whiteouts, whited out, whites out, white-outs

Type of: cover, lose, snow, snowfall, widen

Encyclopedia: White out

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