blanch vs white

blanch

verb
  • To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach. 

  • To cause to turn aside or back. 

  • To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten; 

  • To give a white lustre to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining) 

  • To grow or become white. 

  • To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin. 

  • To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed. 

  • To bleach by excluding the light, for example the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together 

  • To use evasion. 

  • To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water. 

  • To whiten, for example the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices 

  • To make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding 

white

verb
  • To make white; to whiten; to bleach. 

noun
  • Any butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae in the family Pieridae. 

  • The sclera, white of the eye. 

  • The cue ball in cue games. 

  • The enclosed part of a letter of the alphabet, especially when handwritten. 

  • White wine. 

  • Cocaine 

  • A white bean 

  • A white pigment. 

  • The albumen of bird eggs (egg white). 

  • The snow- or ice-covered "green" in snow golf. 

  • A person of European descent with light-coloured skin. 

  • White coffee 

  • A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade. 

  • The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot. 

  • The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths. 

adj
  • Alwhite, pertaining to white armor. 

  • Affected by leucism. 

  • Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc. 

  • Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light. 

  • The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour. 

  • Characterised by the presence of snow. 

  • Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned. 

  • Not containing characters; see white space. 

  • Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian. 

  • Containing cream, milk, or creamer. 

  • Relatively light or pale in colour. 

  • Honourable, fair; decent. 

  • Made from immature leaves and shoots. 

  • Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare black (“said of a character or symbol filled with color”). 

  • Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin. 

  • Designated for use by Caucasians. 

  • Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary. 

  • Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements. 

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