BLANC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blanc mean? 

• BLANC (noun)
  The noun BLANC has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BLANC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLANC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("blanc" is a kind of...):

bechamel; bechamel sauce; white sauce (milk thickened with a butter and flour roux)

 Context examples 

The blanc mange was lumpy, and the strawberries not as ripe as they looked, having been skilfully 'deaconed'.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I'll have blanc mange and strawberries for dessert, and coffee too, if you want to be elegant.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He meant the blanc mange, I suppose.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Meg wanted me to bring some of her blanc mange, she makes it very nicely, and Beth thought her cats would be comforting.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

That looks too pretty to eat, he said, smiling with pleasure, as Jo uncovered the dish, and showed the blanc mange, surrounded by a garland of green leaves, and the scarlet flowers of Amy's pet geranium.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)