Word: blanch
Phonetic:
/blæntʃ/Listen:
To grow or become white Example: His cheek blanched with fear.
To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach Example: Age has blanched his hair.
To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
To whiten, for example the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices
To bleach by excluding the light, for example the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together
To make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding Example: to blanch almonds
To give a white lustre to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining)
(tntransitive) To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;
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