blanched
Briefly boiled white
Blanched describes something that has turned white or pale, whether from shock, fear, or deliberate treatment.
A face blanches when blood drains from it: She blanched at the news.
In cooking, to blanch is to briefly plunge vegetables or nuts into boiling water, often to loosen skins or preserve color before freezing.
Blanched almonds have had their brown skins removed.
Lacking color intensity
- wanPale and unwell-looking
- ashenPale, grayish-white
- pallidUnhealthily lacking color
- colorlessDevoid of pigmentation
ghostly · chalky · drained · washed-out · white · faded · whitened · bleached
Partially cooked by boiling
- scaldedBurned by hot liquid
- almondsEdible tree drupes
- vegetablesEdible plants, not fruits
- ice bathTherapeutic immersion in frigid water
peeling · skinless · immersion · water bath · refreshed · crispness · preparation · tomatoes
Deeply startled or appalled
- aghastStruck with horror
- stunnedShocked into speechlessness
- taken abackShocked into momentary confusion
- unnervedMade anxious or unsettled
horror-struck · white-faced · frozen · recoiled · flinched · paled · shuddered · trembled
pale
Lacking color intensity
colorless · ghostly · chalky · drained · washed-out · white · colorless · faded · whitened · bleached
parboiled
Partially cooked by boiling
- scaldedBurned by hot liquid
- almondsEdible tree drupes
- vegetablesEdible plants, not fruits
ice bath · peeling · skinless · immersion · water bath · refreshed · crispness · preparation · tomatoes · spinach
shocked
Deeply startled or appalled
- aghastStruck with horror
- stunnedShocked into speechlessness
- taken abackShocked into momentary confusion
unnerved · horror-struck · white-faced · frozen · recoiled · flinched · paled · shuddered · trembled · startled
- cookedbaked, boiled, braised, broiled, fried
- colorlesscolorless, achromatic, hueless, desaturated, grayscale
- pallorpale, pallid, wan, ashen, pasty
- diminisheddevalued, lessened, decreased, depreciated, reduced
- seafood termsceviche, tartare, tempura, shucked, deveined
- hazelnutsfilbert, cobnut, kernel, hazelnut tree, roasted hazelnuts
- blanched almondNut stripped of brown coat
blanch, blanching, blanches, blanched almond, unblanched, blanched almonds