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white space

noun

the unprinted area of a piece of printing, as of a poster or newspaper page, or of a portion of a piece of printing, as of an advertisement; blank space: White space is as effective in a layout as type.

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Origin of white space

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby white space

white slaver, white slavery, white-slaving, whitesmith, white snakeroot, white space, white spirit, whitesplain, white sponge nevus, white spruce, white squall
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