Home › Words › B › blancherblancher/ˈblænt͡ʃɚ/blancher means one who, or that which, blanches or whitens; especially, one who anneals and cleanses money, or a chemical preparation for this purpose.blancher is pronounced /ˈblænt͡ʃɚ/.EtymologyFrom blanch + -er.nounOne who, or that which, blanches or whitens; especially, one who anneals and cleanses money, or a chemical preparation for this purpose.A machine for blanching or whitening.One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside.e.g.“And Gynecia, a blancher, which kept the dearest deer from her.” — a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: [Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.blanching 73% match — The act by which something is blanched. vs blancher →emblanch 67% match — To whiten. vs blancher →blanchingly 67% match — In a blanching way. vs blancher →blanch 66% match — To grow or become white. vs blancher →bleacher 66% match — One who, or that which, bleaches. vs blancher →bleachman 66% match — A man employed to bleach something. vs blancher →blencher 64% match — One who, or that which, scares another; specifically, a person stationed to prevent the escape of the deer during a hunt. vs blancher →blenching 63% match — The act of one who blenches. vs blancher →