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blanched

adjective as in whitened

Strong match

  • paled

Weak match

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If you’re buying them from the grocery store, or you know they’re more than a few days old, cooking — blanching, steaming, roasting, grilling or sauteing — will help temper some of their strong flavors.

In Geneva, Switzerland, in the University mathematics library, his wiry beard now blanched with time, Besso sat hunched over his own pile of books, and worked—quietly, mysteriously—alone.

A comforting grain bowl relies on a surprising technique for the fluffiest kashaThe main sticking point has been the step of blanching the head of cabbage to make the leaves pliable enough to use as wrappers.

He blanched when it came time to plunge, invest the money, press, and distribute.

But conservative Democratic senators still blanched and the White House did not push the matter.

About half an hour after I joined the line, my friend Laura Ingraham arrived with her producer—surveyed the line—and blanched.

On the other side of the Capitol, senators blanched at the idea of the massive spending bill headed their way.

Ronstadt was one of several Arizonans who blanched at the gloomy face the governor had drawn on the state.

The Seneschal stood with blanched face and gaping mouth, his fire all turned to ashes before the passion of this gaunt man.

He stepped hastily back, his cheeks, before so fresh and ruddy, were now blanched with a deadly pallor.

Sickness had never blanched the warm glow on her cheeks, or dimmed the brightness of her large, lustrous eyes.

In silence my uncle took one and came towards me, the servants with scared, blanched countenances following.

Then Georgie took the blanched hand of the motherless girl, and entreated her.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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