1syllable
blanch
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Definitions ofblanch
1verb
- 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;
Synonyms: palliate
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