English Dictionary
◊ WHITE ASH
white ash
n 1: small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having
smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or
strips [syn: {snow gum}, {ghost gum}, {Eucalyptus
coriacea}, {Eucalyptus pauciflora}]
2: spreading American ash with leaves pale green or silvery
beneath and having hard brownish wood [syn: {Fraxinus
Americana}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN WHITE TRASH?
white trash
A pejorative term for {Intel}-based
{microcomputers}, used by {NeXT} users at UK law firm
Linklaters & Paines to contrast these machines with their
black NeXT boxes.
(1996-09-04)