blanch
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[ blanch, blahnch ]
/ blæntʃ, blɑntʃ /
verb (used with object)
to whiten by removing color; bleach: Workers were blanching linen in the sun.
Cookery.
- to scald briefly and then drain, as peaches or almonds to facilitate removal of skins, or as rice or macaroni to separate the grains or strands.
- to scald or parboil (meat or vegetables) so as to whiten, remove the odor, prepare for cooking by other means, etc.
Horticulture.
(of the stems or leaves of plants, as celery or lettuce) to whiten or prevent from becoming green by excluding light.
Metallurgy.
- to give a white luster to (metals), as by means of acids.
- to coat (sheet metal) with tin.
to make pale, as with sickness or fear: The long illness had blanched her cheeks of their natural color.
verb (used without object)
to become white; turn pale: The very thought of going made him blanch.
Origin of blanch
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1300–50; Middle English
bla(u)nchen < Anglo-French, Middle French
blanchir to whiten, derivative of
blanc, blanche white; see
blank
OTHER WORDS FROM blanch
blanch·er, nounWords nearby blanch
blameworthy,
blanc,
blanc de blancs,
blanc fixe,
blanca peak,
blanch,
blanche,
blanche of castile,
blanchett,
blancmange,
blanco
Definition for blanched (2 of 2)
blanch
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[ blanch, blahnch ]
/ blæntʃ, blɑntʃ /
verb (used with object)
to force back or to one side; head off, as a deer or other quarry.
Origin of blanch
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First recorded in 1565–75; variant of
blench1
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British Dictionary definitions for blanched
blanch
/ (blɑːntʃ) /
verb (mainly tr)
Word Origin for blanch
C14: from Old French
blanchir from
blanc white; see
blank