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White Elephant

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a valuable possession whose upkeep is excessively expensive

polysemousMWEWordset Dictionary

Senses

Wordset Dictionary

albinic Indian elephant

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
White Elephants
possessive
White Elephant's
pluralpossessive
White Elephants'