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whiteness

/ˈwaɪtnəs/ noun B2
  1. The state or quality of being white (all senses). (countable, uncountable)
  2. The quality of being white (in the racial sense). (countable, uncountable)
  3. The quality of being white noise. (countable, uncountable)

Plural whitenesses

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His face was—how shall I describe it?—it was of a fish-belly whiteness.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 17 · B2
Her mouth, which might have been found fault with as too large, displayed teeth of pearly whiteness, rendered still more conspicuous by the brilliant carmine of her lips, contrasting vividly with her naturally pale complexion.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 543 · C1

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