WordDisk
  • Reading
    • Shortcuts
      •   Home
      •   All Articles
      •   Read from Another Site
      Sources
      • Wikipedia
      • Simple Wikipedia
      • VOA Learning English
      • Futurity
      • The Conversation
      • MIT News
      • Harvard Gazette
      • Cambridge News
      • YDS/YÖKDİL Passages
      Topics
      • Technology
      • Engineering
      • Business
      • Economics
      • Human
      • Health
      • Energy
      • Biology
      • Nature
      • Space
  •  Log in
  •  Sign up
3.16
History
Add

blanco noun [ ˈblaŋkəʊ ]

• a white substance used for whitening belts and other items of military equipment.

blanco verb

• whiten (equipment) with blanco.
• "white blancoed webbing"
Origin: late 19th century: from French blanc ‘white’, ultimately of Germanic origin.


2025 WordDisk