Dictionary

Explore meaning, context, and usage with an online dictionary experience optimized for multilingual workflows.

Clear

Try these words

Meaning of whitehead

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

whitehead

noun

Definitions

  1. A pimple formed by a clogged sebaceous gland, usually with a milky-white cap.

    Example: Ruth knew that the whiteheads of her teenage acne were a temporary state of affairs, but that did nothing to quell her distress when an eruption hit just before prom.

  2. A species of passerine bird, endemic to New Zealand (Mohoua albicilla)

  3. The blue-winged snow goose, Anser caerulescens caerulescens.

  4. The surf scoter duck.