1. blanch - Noun
2. blanch - Adjective
3. blanch - Verb
4. Blanch - Proper noun
To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair.
To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together.
To make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding; as, to blanch almonds.
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.
To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining.).
To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
Fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to palliate.
To grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear; the rose blanches in the sun.
To cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer.
Ore, not in masses, but mixed with other minerals.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBooks will speak plain when counsellors blanch. Francis Bacon
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He is smart but sarcastic, good-natured but cynical, and is constantly dominated by his wife, Blanch. Source: Internet
She often spends time commiserating with Blanch, or conversing with frogs who claim to be enchanted princes. Source: Internet
Cases in which a satirical use was found to be fair include Blanch v. Koons and Williams v. Columbia Broadcasting Systems. Source: Internet
After graduating from Vancouver’s Blanch Macdonald Centre in 2010, Ediger came home to Winnipeg to launch her line. Source: Internet