blanc
/ˈblæŋk/
noun
Familiar
1.n.a white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used especially with braised meat)
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blanc and blank are homophones: they are pronounced identically and spelled differently, which is why they are so often swapped. blanc means “a white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used especially with braised meat)”. blank means “a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing”. blank is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈblæŋk/
1.n.a white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used especially with braised meat)
/ˈblæŋk/
1.n.a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
| blanc | blank | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈblæŋk/ | /ˈblæŋk/ |
| Said | blangk | blangk |
| Syllables | 1 | 1 |
| Letters | 5 | 5 |
| Parts of speech | noun | noun, adjective, verb |
| Senses | 1 | 9 |
| How common | Familiar | Common |
| Synonyms | none recorded | space |
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“he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet”
2.n.a blank gap or missing part
3.n.a piece of material ready to be made into something