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 researchers also showed that suppression did not lead memories to rebound, as the white bear experiments might suggest.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 20, 2023

I mean, no one ever tries to think of a white bear anyway, so it shouldn’t be a hard task.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2022

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

They are tiny, blind and toothless, and they more closely resemble a pale rodent than a black and white bear.

From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2015

It’s the same corner where there’s a little market perfect for buying bottles of orange juice and roles de canela, cinnamon rolls packaged in bright pink wrappers featuring a white bear wearing a baker’s hat.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez