blanching
Meaning of blanching
verb, gerund or present participle
- make white or pale by extracting colour.
the cold light blanched her face
- flinch or grow pale from shock, fear, or a similar emotion.
he visibly blanched at this reminder of mortality
- briefly immerse (an item of food) in boiling water, especially as a technique for removing the skin from nuts or fruit or for preparing vegetables for further cooking.
blanch the almonds and grind them to a paste, adding a little water
I blanched the carrots for a couple of minutes before roasting them
Middle English: from Old French blanchir, from blanc ‘white’, ultimately of Germanic origin.
Information about blanching
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Hyphenation of blanching
blanch-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- blanching is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
blanching synonyms
Meaning make or become white:
Meaning make or become lighter in weight, pressure, or severity:
Meaning (especially of hair) become grey with age:
Meaning lose or cause to lose colour or brightness:
Meaning make a sudden flinching movement out of fear or pain:
Meaning make (a plant) pale through lack of light:
Meaning remove the colour from:
Meaning cause (a material such as cloth, paper, or hair) to become white or much lighter by a chemical process or by exposure to sunlight:
Meaning bleach (hair) with peroxide:
Meaning become pale in one's face from shock or fear:
Meaning injure with very hot liquid or steam:
Meaning (with reference to a liquid) reach or cause to reach the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour:
Meaning dip (bread or other food) into a drink or soup before eating it:
blanching antonyms
Meaning change the colour of (something) by painting, dyeing, or shading it:
Meaning make or become dark or darker:
Meaning make or become red:
Meaning show shyness, embarrassment, or shame by becoming red in the face:
Words that rhyme with blanching
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