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Blanc Moderate

Blanc has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used especially with braised meat)

"The chef served the tender pot roast with a rich blanc made from butter, stock, and pearl onions."

2

A white cosmetic.

"She applied blanc to her face before going outside."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
white sauce

Origin

The word blanc was borrowed directly from French, where it originally meant white. It entered English as a doublet related to the native word blank.

Rhyming Words
anc banc nanc manc franc fianc lefranc leblanc en banc cfp franc montblanc charabanc old franc mont blanc togo franc mali franc film blanc swiss franc niger franc pinot blanc
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