white-out

white·-out

a quick-drying fluid, typically white, applied with a small brush to a piece of paper so as to cover typed or written errors and make a blank surface for corrections

Origin of white-out

from Wite-Out, a trademark for such fluid, probably influenced, influence by whiteout

to cover with this fluid

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Noun

(plural white-outs)

Alternative spelling of whiteout.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present whites out, present participle whiting out, simple past and past participle whited out)

To hide an error or other material on a surface by covering it with correcting fluid.

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white-out. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/white-out

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