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whiting^¹

/ˈwaɪtɪŋ/
/ˈʍaɪtɪŋ/

Rhymes with -aɪtɪŋ

noun whitings

uncountable, usually A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc. 1918, Hannah Teresa Rowley, Mrs. Helen Louise (Wales) Farrell, Principles of Chemistry Applied to the Household Precipitated calcium carbonate, a very fine powdery form, is used as a basis for many tooth powders and pastes. As whiting it finds a wide use in cleaning metals of their tarnishes.
Similar: whitening

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of white

whiting^²

/ˈwaɪtɪŋ/
/ˈʍaɪtɪŋ/

Rhymes with -aɪtɪŋ

Where it comes from

From Middle English whityng, whytyng, perhaps an alteration of Old English hwītling (“whiting”), remodelled after white + -ing (diminutive suffix). Related to the colour white. Cognate with Dutch wijting (“whiting”), Old Norse hvítingr (“a kind of whale”).

noun whitings · whiting

A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).
US Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including hakes (genus Merluccius), especially Merluccius bilinearis (silver hake).
Canada Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus, syn. Theragra chalcogramma).
A blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), a marine fish of the Northern Hemisphere.
A southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis), a marine fish of the Southern Hemisphere. Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish.
in family Sillaginidae, smelt-whitings, inhabiting Indo-Pacific marine coasts, many species of which are commercially important whitefish.
in family Sciaenidae, Menticirrhus americanus (Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, and southern kingfish) found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.

Whiting^³

proper noun Whitings · Witting

countable, uncountable A surname.
countable, uncountable A city in Lake County, Indiana.
countable, uncountable A minor city in Monona County, Iowa.
countable, uncountable A minor city and township in Jackson County, Kansas.
countable, uncountable A town in Washington County, Maine.
countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Mississippi County, Missouri.
countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Manchester Township, Ocean County, New Jersey.
countable, uncountable A township in Bowman County, North Dakota.
countable, uncountable A town in Addison County, Vermont.
countable, uncountable A village in Portage County, Wisconsin.
countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Platte County, Wyoming.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: gadus merlangus, merlangus merlangus, merluccius bilinearis, silver hake, blue, hake, fish, sharpley, bleu, whitening, paris white, flake white, spanish white, whitelime, chinese white, white lead

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noun fine white chalk

中文	白粉 báifěn, 白堊 /白垩 bái'è, 大白 dàbái
Deutsch	Schlämmkreide
Русский	побе́лка pobélka, бели́ла из ме́ла belíla iz méla

noun fish, Merlangius merlangus

Español	merlán
中文	雪魚 /雪鱼 xuěyú, 牙鱈 /牙鳕 yáxuě, 鳕鱼 xuěyú
Português	badejo, pescada
Français	merlan
Deutsch	Wittling, Merlan
Русский	мерла́нг merláng

noun fish of the family Sillaginidae

日本語	鱚 kisu

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@misc{whiting_2026,
  title = {whiting},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/whiting},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}