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How to use blanch in a sentence

22 example sentences · verb

Blanch means to grow or become white. Example: “His cheek blanched with fear.”

Examples of blanch by meaning

verbTo grow or become white.

  • His cheek blanched with fear.
  • The rose blanches in the sun.
  • Nurse Cramer's face blanched and she turned to Dunbar desperately for aid.1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 171

verbTo take the color out of, and make white; to bleach.

  • to blanch linen
  • Age has blanched his hair.

verbTo make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding.

  • to blanch almonds

verbTo cause to turn aside or back.

  • to blanch a deer

More sentences with blanch

  • When he saw the ghost, he blanched up.From the entry blanch up
  • If so yes, it's better to give a blanching to the asparagi.2011 April 28, ViLco, “Re: Ham+SwissChees+^([sic]) ?? vegetable.”, in rec.food.cooking (Usenet), message-ID <ipbe3p$7ba$1@dont-email.me>. From the entry asparagi
  • If pressure continues, the area remains erythemic and will not blanch.2010, Barbara Gladson, Pharmacology for Rehabilitation Professionals, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 443. From the entry erythemic
  • 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. From the entry blanched
  • This appropriate combination of blanched dubu (tofu), sauteed kimchi, and stir-fried pork is a threesome made in heaven.2023 June 29, Violet Kim, “Korean food: 39 dishes we can’t live without”, in CNN. From the entry saute
  • Bowie's blanched bony face has already fallen into furrows.2009, Joe Ambrose, Gimme Danger: The Story of Iggy Pop. From the entry antiwit
  • Blanch, refresh, peel and concassé the tomatoes.2007, Gary Hunter, Terry Tinton, Patrick Carey, Stephen Walpole, Professional Chef - Level 2 - S/NVQ, Cengage Learning EMEA, →ISBN. From the entry concassé
  • All chicories share a mildly bitter taste that can be mitigated by blanching them and soaking them in salted water.1999, Rosalind Creasy, “Italian Garden Encyclopedia [Chicories (cicorie): Cichorium intybus]”, in The Edible Italian Garden, North…. From the entry chicory
  • As the plant grows, move the tube upward and remound the dirt to cover the base and the blanched leaves.1995, Jesse Ziff Cool, Onions: A Country Garden Cookbook, Collins Publishers San Francisco, →ISBN, page 1, →ISBN. From the entry remound
  • Blanching cut and specially marinated chicken in oil or water prior to stir-frying is a technique common to Chinese restaurant kitchens.1982, Barbara Tropp, The Modern Art of Chinese Cooking, Morrow, published 1982, page 137. From the entry velvet
  • The eyes in the cadaverous face blazed fiendishly at me and I blanched from the concentrated satanic fury in them.1929 October–December, Robert E[rvin] Howard, “Skull-Face”, in Weird Tales, Indianapolis, Ind.: Popular Fiction Pub. Co., →OCLC…. From the entry fiendishly
  • Blanch the fruit in boiling water, then drain, and very carefully remove the skin, cut the peaches in halves and take out the stones.1929, Charles Herman Senn, “Cold Sweets”, in Luncheon and Dinner Sweets, Including the Art of Ice Making, →ISBN, Compôte of Peaches. From the entry compôte
  • Pressure using the point of a pencil on the nail plate applied over the lunula will blanch all but the distal pink band of the onychodermal band.2012, Robert Baran, Baran and Dawber's Diseases of the Nails and their Management. From the entry onychodermal band
  • It's got plenty to make them blanch if and when it is shown them, although the New York State censor board okayed it with insignificant scissorings.2009, Thomas Doherty, Hollywood's Censor: Joseph I. Breen and the Production Code, page 277. From the entry scissoring
  • Fresh broad beans are used when in season, the young beans added to tagines with the skin on; when more mature, the beans are blanched and skinned before cooking.2005, Tess Mallos, “Broad Bean Dip”, in Cooking Moroccan, Millers Point, N.S.W.: Murdoch Books, →ISBN, page 14. From the entry tajine

Meaning of blanch

  1. verb To grow or become white.
  2. verb To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach.
  3. verb To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.

Full definition of blanch

Questions about blanch in a sentence

How do you use blanch in a sentence?
Blanch is used as a verb. For example: “His cheek blanched with fear.”
What is a short sentence with blanch?
“to blanch almonds”
What does blanch mean?
Blanch means to grow or become white.

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