- OE. blanchenblaunchen, F. blanchir, fr. blanc white. See Blanka.
- To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair.
- GardeningTo bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together.
- Confectionery & CookeryTo 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.Blanch over the blackest and most absurd things.To BlanchWhiten.
