white bear

American  

noun

1. polar bear.

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white bear British  

noun

1. another name for polar bear

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Etymology

Origin of white bear

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

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white bear

The white bear method, by contrast, requires people to think directly about a white bear whenever they remind themselves of the task’s instructions.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2022

As his wife, Paula, tells it, he was often accompanied by a furrier named Zlotnik, whose store, at 12th and G streets NW, was guarded by a giant white bear.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2020

In “East of the Sun and West of the Moon,” a Norwegian story, a father signs his daughter over to a large white bear in exchange for a promise of riches.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 27, 2017

We have … uh, really, quite a number of toys,” he said as he grabbed a stuffed white bear.

From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2015

The little spies had vanished; at all events, there seemed to be only the three of them now on the darkening mountainside, the boy and the girl and the great white bear.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman