- 1a part of a river that looks white because the water is moving very fast over rocks a stretch of whitewater whitewater rafting
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- 2a part of the ocean that looks white because it is very rough and the waves are high
whitewater
nounNAmE//ˈwaɪtˌwɔt̮ər//, NAmE//ˈwaɪtˌwɑt̮ər//
[uncountable] (also white water)Check pronunciation: whitewater