Home › Words › E › emblanchemblanchemblanch means to whiten.EtymologyFrom em- + blanch.verbTo whiten.e.g.“it was impossible that a spot of so deep a dye should be emblanched” — 1668, Peter Heylyn, Cyprianus Anglicus:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.blanch 83% match — To grow or become white. vs emblanch →whiten 74% match — (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch. vs emblanch →albefaction 73% match — A blanching or whitening. vs emblanch →blanchingly 72% match — In a blanching way. vs emblanch →blanched 71% match — lacking complexion or color vs emblanch →blanching 71% match — The act by which something is blanched. vs emblanch →albify 70% match — To make white. vs emblanch →bleached 68% match — Whitened; made white using bleach vs emblanch →