whitehead
noun
whitehead
1 American
[hwahyt-hed, wahyt-]
/ ˈʰwaɪtˌhɛd, ˈwaɪt- /
noun
Whitehead
2
American
[hwahyt-hed, wahyt-]
/ ˈʰwaɪtˌhɛd, ˈwaɪt- /
noun
Whitehead
British
/ ˈwaɪtˌhɛd /
noun
Etymology
Origin of whitehead
Example Sentences
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In the winter of 1984, I began to get subsurface lumps on my back without even going through the blackhead or whitehead phase.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 27, 2018
The patch uses it’s very adhesive hydrocolloid properties to pull the whitehead off your skin.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2018
And though these cysts are sometimes unassuming—pink but no whitehead, usually not too raised—they are very painful.
From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2018
The blacksmith throwed his coat an' went to work like a whitehead, an' when twelve o'clock come he had the iron fence done an' a settin' around the miser's grave.
From Dwellers in the Hills by Melville Davisson Post
I'd as lave, if I was a foolish woman, which, thanks be, I'm not, hug a whitehead torpedo as Cousin George.
From Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen by Finley Peter Dunne
“I think he’s improved a lot with his reads,” interim coach Terrence Whitehead said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Whitehead was described as "a lover of life, art and family".
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
With “Harlem Shuffle,” Whitehead begins his crime trilogy in the 1960s in a furniture store with stylish midcentury stock whose owner, Ray Carney, is trying not to be a fence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Whitehead, an enthusiastic amateur poker player, wrote the nonfiction book “The Noble Hustle” about his entry into the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
“Seek simplicity, but distrust it,” Alfred North Whitehead, the mathematician and philosopher, once advised his students.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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