Associations to the word «Blanch»

Wiktionary

BLANCH, verb. To grow or become white
BLANCH, verb. To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach
BLANCH, verb. (cooking) To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
BLANCH, verb. To whiten, as the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices
BLANCH, verb. To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together
BLANCH, verb. To make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding
BLANCH, verb. To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining)
BLANCH, verb. To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
BLANCH, verb. (figuratively) To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to palliate
BLANCH, verb. To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.
BLANCH, verb. To cause to turn aside or back.
BLANCH, verb. To use evasion.
BLANCH, proper noun. A female given name, a less common spelling of Blanche.
BLANCH HOLDING, noun. (Scotland) (legal) (obsolete) A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent (silver) or otherwise.
BLANCH HOLDINGS, noun. Plural of blanch holding

Dictionary definition

BLANCH, verb. Turn pale, as if in fear.
BLANCH, verb. Cook (vegetables) briefly; "Parboil the beans before freezing them".

Wise words

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