BLANCH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Meaning of blanch in English
blanch verb
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blanch verb
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(Definition of blanch from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
Examples of blanch
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The issue of the sheer waste of energy literally going up the chimney needs to be recognised and blanched at.
Although the prescription covered vascular effects—blanching and numbness—it should also cover the well recognised neurological effects.
All of them have an ordinary branch, but a great many of them have two blanches.
We all blanched, and he added.
He visibly blanched: he definitely whitened.
They blanched and changed the subject.
Blanching or soaking and blanching as a processing step before freezing can extend the freezer life up to 12 months.
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Following the marination, the duck is quickly blanched in hot water to tighten the skin, and then towel and air dried.
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The meaning of blanching is to whiten, but this is not always the purpose of blanching in cooking.
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When treated with reactive oxygen species, its protective effect can be maximized by blanching with hypochlorite ion.
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Raw mushrooms have a gastrointestinal irritant, hydrazine, but parboiling or blanching before consumption will remove it.
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The meat (fat) is usually cut into small strips or cubes about one centimeter (3/8 inch) wide, then blanched or fried.
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Medieval agrarian historians will blanch at this black-and-white contrast of ' subsistence ' versus ' commercial ' farming.
Not blanching on pressure, bruises can involve capillaries at the level of skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscle, or bone.
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Enthusiasts may supplement this diet with shelled peas (with outer skins removed), blanched green leafy vegetables, and bloodworms.
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Translations of blanch
in Chinese (Traditional)
蒼白的, 變白, 變蒼白…
in Chinese (Simplified)
苍白的, 变白, 变苍白…
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