1. any possession that is useless, unwanted, or costs a lot of money to keep

1. There’s a white-elephant sale on Saturday. Bring all your junk to sell.

2. Bob’s father-in-law has given him an old Rolls Royce, but it’s a real white elephant. He has no place to park it and can’t afford the gas for it.

3. Those antique vases Aunt Mary gave me are white elephants. They’re ugly and I have no place to put them.