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Definition: White Flag |
White FlagNoun1. Flag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truce. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: White FlagSynonym: flag of truce (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Pacification | Truce, armistice; suspension of arms, suspension of hostilities, stand-down; breathing time; convention; modus vivendi; flag of truce, white flag, parlementaire, cartel. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: White Flag |
| English words defined with "white flag": flag of truce, Flag of truse ♦ To hang out the white flag. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "white flag": Ægeus ♦ Article omitted ♦ NAPOLEON ♦ Ysolde. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Hoyt's A milk white flag. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Afghanistan | The Taliban uses a plain white flag. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "white flag": To hang out the white flag. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
black and white flag | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "white flag"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 白旗 . (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | parlamenterzászló (flag of truce), megadást jelentő fehér zászló, fehér zászló (flag of truce), békezászló (flag of truce). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 白旗 . (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しらはた, はっき (demonstration, display, exhibition, utilization). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | itewhay agflay vit flagga, parlamentärflagga (flag of peace, flag of truce). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-g-h-i-l-t-w" | |
-3 letters: aiglet, alight, aweigh, awhile, fetial, flight, gelati, halite, ligate, wealth, weight, wiglet, withal. | |
-4 letters: agile, aglet, eight, faith, fetal, fight, filet, filth, flite, laigh, laith, lathe, lathi, legit, light, lithe, tawie, telia, thief, weigh, whale, wheal, wheat, while, white, wight, withe. | |
-5 letters: alef, alif, alit, eath, egal, elhi, fail, fate, feal, feat, felt. | |
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