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blanched

blanched adjective: lacking complexion or color. Also the simple past and past participle of blanch.

Adjective

blanched (comparative more blanched, superlative most blanched)

  1. lacking complexion or color
    • BEHIND him lay the gray Azores, / Behind the Gates of Hercules; / Before him not the ghost of shores, / Before him only shoreless seas. // The good mate said: “Now must we pray, / For lo! the very stars are gone. / Brave Admiral, speak, what shall I say?” / “Why, say, ‘Sail on! sail on! and...1892, Joaquin Miller, Columbus
    • The picture of a blanched and ringleted Boy George on the cover had been taken by Russell.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 4, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    pale
  2. bleached

Also used as

blanched is also the simple past and past participle of blanch.

Synonyms of blanched

Forms of blanched

comparativemore blanched
superlativemost blanched

Words formed from blanched

Phrases with blanched

Questions about blanched

What does blanched mean?
Blanched means lacking complexion or color.
What part of speech is blanched?
Blanched is an adjective.

Words near blanched in the dictionary

  1. Blanchardism
  2. Blanchardist
  3. Blanchardists
  4. Blanchards
  5. Blanche
  6. blanched
  7. blanched almond
  8. blanched almonds
  9. blanched up
  10. blancher
  11. blanchers

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