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white cane

white cane noun: a white stick carried by a blind or visually impaired person, indicating their disability to others and allowing them to scan the surroundings for obstacles etc.

Noun

white cane (plural white canes)

  1. A white stick carried by a blind or visually impaired person, indicating their disability to others and allowing them to scan the surroundings for obstacles etc.

Forms of white cane

pluralwhite canes

Questions about white cane

What does white cane mean?
White cane means a white stick carried by a blind or visually impaired person, indicating their disability to others and allowing them to scan the surroundings for obstacles etc.
What part of speech is white cane?
White cane is a noun.
What is the plural of white cane?
The plural of white cane is white canes.

Words near white cane in the dictionary

  1. white bully
  2. white cabbage
  3. white cabbages
  4. white campion
  5. white campions
  6. white cane
  7. white canes
  8. white cap
  9. white caps
  10. white carbohydrate
  11. white carbohydrates

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