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- DictionaryBlanch/blan(t)SH/
verb
- 1. make white or pale by extracting color: "the cold light blanched her face"
- 2. flinch or grow pale from shock, fear, or a similar emotion: "many people blanch at the suggestion"
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Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the verb blanch, which can mean to take the color out of, to scald, to bleach, or to become pale. See also the noun blancher and the word blanch in Spanish.
Blanch definition: to whiten by removing color; bleach. See examples of BLANCH used in a sentence.
Blanch means to turn pale or to cook food in boiling water. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, see related words and phrases, and hear the pronunciation.
Blanch means to turn pale or to cook food in boiling water. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, see related words and phrases, and hear the pronunciation.
To blanch is to turn pale, usually as the result of a physical or psychological shock. 19th-century literary heroines were frequently blanching — before they fainted, that is. Blanch has also taken on the more general meaning of "to cause shock" in general.
Blanch can mean to become pale with shock or fear, or to cook food quickly in boiling water. Learn how to pronounce, spell and use this verb with examples and synonyms.
Blanch means to whiten, pale, or bleach something or someone. It can also refer to a cooking method of boiling food briefly or a botanical process of removing chlorophyll from plants.
