blanch
pronunciation
How to pronounce blanch in British English:
UK [blɑ:ntʃ]
How to pronounce blanch in American English:
US [blæntʃ]
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- Verb:
- turn pale, as if in fear
- cook (vegetables) briefly
Word Origin
- blanch
- blanch: see blank
- blanch (v.1)
- c. 1400, transitive, "to make white, turn pale," from Old French blanchir "to whiten, wash," from blanc "white" (11c.; see blank (adj.)). Originally "to remove the hull of (almonds, etc.) by soaking." Intransitive sense of "to turn white" is from 1768. Related: Blanched; blanching.
- blanch (v.2)
- "to start back, turn aside," 1570s, variant of blench. Related: Blanched; blanching.
Example
- 1. But according to francisco blanch of merrill lynch , the rising cost of capital is likely to outweigh all these benefits .
- 2. Francisco blanch , merrill 's global head of commodity research , says oil demand growth in emerging markets has never contracted year-on-year in the modern era .
- 3. Francisco blanch , an analyst at merrill lynch , calculates that a 50 % increase in the wholesale price of petrol reduces demand by only 1 % .
- 4. ' Supply has caught up with demand in a number of commodity markets , ' says francisco blanch , head of global commodity research at bank of america-merrill lynch in new york .
- 5. Francisco blanch , head of commodities research at merrill lynch in london , said his main scenario was for oil prices to average $ 50 a barrel next year but warned : " a temporary drop below $ 25 is possible if the global recession extends to china . "