Synonyms for whiteout

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hwahyt-out, wahyt-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʰwaɪtˌaʊt, ˈwaɪt-

Définition of whiteout

As in blizzard : noun snow storm

Example sentences :

The Commissioner and the Chief Inspector were at one in concluding that the crash has occurred in a whiteout.
Extract from : « Judgments of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand on Proceedings to Review Aspects of the Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Mount Erebus Aircraft Disaster » by Sir Owen Woodhouse, R. B. Cooke, Ivor L. M. Richardson, Duncan Wallace McMullin, and Sir Edward Somers

The term 'whiteout' has more than one meaning as being descriptive of weather conditions in snow-covered terrain.
Extract from : « Judgments of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand on Proceedings to Review Aspects of the Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Mount Erebus Aircraft Disaster » by Sir Owen Woodhouse, R. B. Cooke, Ivor L. M. Richardson, Duncan Wallace McMullin, and Sir Edward Somers

Flying in a 'whiteout' of that description is no different from flying in thick cloud.
Extract from : « Judgments of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand on Proceedings to Review Aspects of the Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Mount Erebus Aircraft Disaster » by Sir Owen Woodhouse, R. B. Cooke, Ivor L. M. Richardson, Duncan Wallace McMullin, and Sir Edward Somers

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