white-out
Snow blindness conditions
White-out has two main senses.
The first is a weather condition where blowing snow or overcast light eliminates contrast between surfaces and sky, making navigation dangerous: The climbers waited out the white-out in their tents.
The second is correction fluid used to cover typing or writing errors, from the brand name Wite-Out: She dabbed white-out over the mistake.
As a verb, to white out is to obscure or obliterate with white.
Destroy all traces of
- deleteRemove or erase
- eraseRemove recorded marks
- effaceEliminate from view
- expungeDelete entirely, officially
redact · cover-up · remove · conceal · obscure · censor · suppress · hide
Opaque liquid covering errors
- Tipp-ExCorrection fluid brand
- typoPrinting mistake
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- eraseRemove recorded marks
cover · manuscript · proofreading · secretary · typewriter · brush · bottle · dry
Heavy winter precipitation event
- flurriesBrief, light precipitation
- driftsMoves without direction
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- visibilityRange of clear sight
snow-blindness · disorientation · windchill · nor'easter · arctic · frost · ice · sleet
obliterate
Destroy all traces of
expunge · redact · cover-up · remove · conceal · obscure · censor · suppress · hide · mask
Wite-Out
Opaque liquid covering errors
erase · cover · manuscript · proofreading · secretary · typewriter · brush · bottle · dry · rewrite
snowstorm
Heavy winter precipitation event
visibility · snow-blindness · disorientation · windchill · nor'easter · arctic · frost · ice · sleet · hail
- error fixerserasers, correction fluid, correction tape, liquid paper, backspace key
- office suppliespens, pencils, paper clip, staplers, paperclip
- deletiondelete, erase, erasure, cross out, strike out
- reversalsreverse, undo, revert, overturn, flip
- stationerypen, pencil, paper, notebook, envelope
- aviation hazardsbird strike, engine failure, icing, midair collision, pilot error
white-outclear skies
Absence of cloud cover
visibility · crystal clear · unobstructed view · high visibility · definition
white-outhighlighter
Luminous ink pen
red pen · strikethrough · markup · track changes · annotation