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Blanch

🔄 Synonyms of "Blanch"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
blenchnoun	(intransitive) To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off.
palenoun	Light in color.
parboilverb	To boil food briefly so that it is partly cooked.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
parboilverb	To boil food briefly so that it is partly cooked.
palenoun	Light in color.
blenchnoun	(intransitive) To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off.
blanknoun	Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.
blanchenoun	A female given name from French.
emblanchverb	(obsolete) To whiten.
whitennoun	A surname.
etiolatenoun	To make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant.
blisternoun	A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection.
bleachnoun	(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
impallidverb	(obsolete, transitive) To make pallid; to blanch.
appallverb	(transitive) To fill with horror or indignation; to dismay.
chalknoun	(countable) A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO₄), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard).
albifyverb	(transitive, obsolete) To make white.
blunknoun	A surname.
uncolorverb	(transitive) To remove the color from.
decolourverb	(transitive) To deprive of colour; to bleach.
whitelimenoun	Whitewash.
blastnoun	A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).
blandifyverb	(transitive, rare) To make bland.