Associations to the word «Whiteout»

Wiktionary

WHITEOUT, noun. A heavy snowstorm; a blizzard
WHITEOUT, noun. A weather condition, in which visibility and contrast are severely reduced by snow or sand causing the horizon and physical features of the terrain to disappear
WHITEOUT, noun. Correction fluid

Dictionary definition

WHITEOUT, noun. An arctic atmospheric condition with clouds over snow produce a uniform whiteness and objects are difficult to see; occurs when the light reflected off the snow equals the light coming through the clouds.
WHITEOUT, verb. Cover up with a liquid correction fluid; "white-out the typo".
WHITEOUT, verb. Lose daylight visibility in heavy fog, snow, or rain.

Wise words

All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
Ernest Hemingway