Associations to the word «Blanched»

Wiktionary

BLANCHED, adjective. Lacking complexion or color
BLANCHED, adjective. Bleached
BLANCHED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of blanch
BLANCHED ALMOND, noun. Part cooked almonds (nuts).
BLANCHED ALMOND, noun. A subtle yellow shade or hue, like that of blanched almonds.
BLANCHED ALMOND, adjective. Of a subtle yellow shade or hue, like that of blanched almonds.
BLANCHED ALMONDS, noun. Plural of blanched almond

Dictionary definition

BLANCHED, adjective. Anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage".
BLANCHED, adjective. (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light; "etiolated celery".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King