blanch
/blæntʃ/
verb
- To briefly boil vegetables or fruits and then plunge them into cold water to stop cooking, often to preserve color or remove skins.
- She blanched the green beans to keep their bright color before adding them to the salad.
- You should blanch the tomatoes for 30 seconds to make peeling them easier.
- The recipe says to blanch the almonds in boiling water for one minute.
- To become pale or white, especially from fear, shock, or illness.
- The witness blanched under the lawyer's intense questioning.
- He blanched when he saw the doctor's serious expression.
- Her face blanched at the news of the accident.
- To make something pale or white, such as by removing color or covering with a white substance.
- The chemical can blanch the fabric if left on too long.
- Gardeners sometimes blanch celery by covering the stalks to keep them tender and pale.
- The strong sunlight had blanched the curtains over the years.