English

blanch

Meaning
Synonyms
Translations
Notes
Extra tools

  1. (intransitive) To grow or become white.
  2. (transitive) To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach.
  3. (transitive) To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
  4. (transitive) 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.
  5. (transitive) To bleach by excluding light, for example the stalks or leaves of plants by earthing them up or tying them together.
  6. (transitive) To make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding.
  7. (transitive) To give a white lustre to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining)
  8. (intransitive) To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
  9. (figuratively, transitive) To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;

Pronounced as (IPA)
/blɑːnt͡ʃ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
blaunchen
In summary

From Middle English blaunchen, from Old French blanchir, from Old French blanc (“white”), from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). Cognates Cognate with blench (“to deceive, to trick”) through Proto-Indo-European, whence other etymology of blanch.

Improve your pronunciation
Sign in to write sticky notes