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blanch

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
blanch /blɑːn(t)ʃ/

▶verb

1 make or become white or pale.

2 prepare (vegetables) for freezing or further cooking by immersing briefly in boiling water.
■ (often as adj. blanched) peel (almonds) by scalding them.

– origin ME: from OFr. blanchir, from blanc ‘white’, ult. of Gmc origin.

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