blanch


blanch

verb

Definition of BLANCH

to make white or whiter by removing color <a good washing with bleach should blanch these yellowed sheets>
Related Words brighten, lighten; dim, mat (also matte or matt); etiolate; whitewash; frost, silver
Antonyms darken, deepen, embrown

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