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    blanched
    /blɑːn(t)ʃt/

    adjective

    • 1. (of an item of food) having been briefly immersed in boiling water, especially in order to remove the skin or to prepare it for further cooking: "add the garlic, spices, and blanched cauliflower to the fried onion and continue to cook until soft"

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  2. Blanched is the past tense and past participle of blanch, which means to turn pale or to make vegetables white by boiling. Learn how to use blanched in sentences with different meanings and contexts.

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      verb. uk / blɑːntʃ / us / blæntʃ / blanch verb (PALE) Add to...

  3. Blanched means made white, whitened or bleached, or scalded or parboiled briefly. Learn how to use blanched in different contexts, such as cooking, horticulture, metallurgy and literature, with examples and synonyms.

  4. : to become white or pale (as from shock or fear) His face blanched with horror. often used figuratively to describe a reaction of shock or dismay that makes someone unwilling or reluctant to proceed. Civilians also saw benefits to the system but blanched when talk then included references to $300-plus user fees. Dan Fales.

  5. Blanched means to take the color from, whiten, or make pale. It can also refer to a plant that lacks chlorophyll or a food that is scalded briefly. See synonyms, pronunciation, and usage examples of blanched.

  6. Blanched is the past tense and past participle of blanch, which means to make something pale or white, or to turn pale oneself. Learn how to use blanched in different contexts, such as cooking, gardening, or expressing shock.

  7. verb. uk / blɑːntʃ / us / blæntʃ / blanch verb (PALE) Add to word list. [ I ] to turn pale, for example because you are shocked: While most people would blanch at the prospect of so much work, Daniels seems to enjoy it. [ T ] to make a plant pale by covering it up so that the light does not reach it as it grows.

  8. Blanch means to make white, pale, or bleach something, or to remove the skin of vegetables by boiling. Learn the origin, pronunciation, and usage of blanch with synonyms and examples from Collins English Dictionary.