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noun

Also called: cabbage white a large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves

(often capitals) a white large-bodied breed of pig commonly kept for pork, bacon, and for fattening

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Words nearby large white

larger-than-life, large-scale, large-scale integration, largess, largesse, large white, larghetto, lar gibbon, largish, largo, lari

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How to use large white in a sentence

Notes were scrawled on a large white board, and “The Internet Association” was written in chalk on a blackboard.
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It was sweltering, and everyone fanned themselves with large white fans.
Marc Jacobs: Hot & Heavy for Spring 2014 at New York Fashion Week|Isabel Wilkinson|September 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
On the far wall, spotlights shine on a large white backdrop inscribed with “RALPH LAUREN” in bold letters.
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It is entitled Homme Qui Ne Marche Pas and attached to one leg is a large white ball and chain.
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The (p. 325) moth, whose egg produces these larv, is a large white miller of unusual size and prolificness.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
They had reached a corner where a large white house stood surrounded by blooming cherry trees.
A Yankee from the West|Opie Read
She glanced rather apprehensively as she spoke at the large white house, not two minutes' walk distant across the street.
The Butterfly House|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Far in front of him was a large white sign nailed to a tree.
The Status Civilization|Robert Sheckley
So he slipped inside the field and took a seat on a large white stone.
Castellinaria|Henry Festing Jones