Definition of blanch

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Blanch (a.) 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..

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Celery :: Celery (n.) A plant of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad..
Blancher :: Blancher (n.) One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; esp., one who anneals and cleanses money; also, a chemical preparation for this purpose..
Blanch :: Blanch (a.) Fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to palliate.
Blanch :: Blanch (a.) To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair..
Etiolation :: Etiolation (n.) The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant..
Blancard :: Blancard (n.) A kind of linen cloth made in Normandy, the thread of which is partly blanches before it is woven..
Pomme Blanche :: Pomme blanche () The prairie turnip. See under Prairie.
Blanching :: Blanching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blanc.
Bleach :: Bleach (a.) To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten..
Impallid :: Impallid (v. t.) To make pallid; to blanch.
Blanch :: Blanch (v. i.) To use evasion.
Blanch :: Blanch (v. i.) To grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear; the rose blanches in the sun..
Blencher :: Blencher (n.) One who, or that which, scares another; specifically, a person stationed to prevent the escape of the deer, at a hunt. See Blancher..
Blanch :: Blanch (a.) To make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding; as, to blanch almonds..
Blanchimeter :: Blanchimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the bleaching power of chloride of lime and potash; a chlorometer.
Blanch :: Blanch (v. t.) To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed..
Blank :: Blank (v. t.) To blanch; to make blank; to damp the spirits of; to dispirit or confuse.
Blanch :: Blanch (v. t.) To cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer..
Etiolated :: Etiolated (a.) Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions..
Emblanch :: Emblanch (v. t.) To whiten. See Blanch.
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