Blanch
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Blanch
Verb
- To grow or become white.
"His cheek blanched with fear."
- To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach.
"to blanch linen"
- To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
- 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.
- To bleach by excluding light, for example the stalks or leaves of plants by earthing them up or tying them together.