Definition of "whiting" in English

noun

1. 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.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of white

noun

1. A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).

2. Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus: