white cloth

collocation in English

meaningsofwhiteandcloth

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white
adjective
uk
/waɪt/us
/waɪt/
of a colour like that of snow, milk, ...
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cloth
noun
uk
/klɒθ/us
/klɑːθ/
(a type of) ...
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(Definition ofwhiteandclothfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwhite cloth

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The top of the pagoda was then covered withwhitecloth, and the lower part opened.
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In the centre of the space was a rectangular table covered with awhitecloth.
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A semi-circular screen ofwhiteclothsheets was positioned in front of the infant at a distance of 2.5 m, blocking the entire back of the test room.
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After a few minutes the contents should be spread out on awhiteclothor paper, and the dead insects can be picked up with a moist brush.
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Perhaps more understandable is the impulse to dress her not in thewhiteclothof gold but the spectacular velvets more usual to male monarchs on that day.
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This latter is set up symbolically, with long multiple strings ofwhiteclothhanging down from the ceiling to the stage floor creating an image of a shaman's altar.
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I have noted his point about thewhiteclothnot being satisfactory.
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I commiserate with him that he should have been deserted at this moment when he is seeking to wind himself in thewhiteclothof repentance.
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The stage has a screen, a piece ofwhitecloth, behind which the puppets are held.
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Made ofwhiteclothor brown felt material, spats buttoned around the ankle.
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The "soma" is wrapped in awhiteclothand taken into the sanctuary.
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Worn for summer festivals, it is made with luminouswhiteclothand a highly embroidered shirt.
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It needed two kilometres of interlace, a cubic meter of timber, sourced from domestic pine, and 35 square meters blue andwhitecloth.
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They wore waistcoats and breeches ofwhitecloth.
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Some vtmbara monks and nuns cover their mouth with awhiteclothor muhapatti to practise ahimsa even when they talk.
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The bread trays are then placed on the table and covered with thewhitecloth.
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Some also wore a headgear made of lightwhitecloth.
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People use wax pen to draw various patterns onwhiteclothsuch as flowers, birds and some strange shapes.
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Ranks are sewn on the right sleeves and made of embroidered,whitecloth.
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