- parboils
- par·boil || 'pÉ‘rbɔɪl /'pÉ‘Ë- v. boil until partly cooked; overheat
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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parboil — [[t]pɑ͟ː(r)bɔ͟ɪl[/t]] parboils, parboiling, parboiled VERB If you parboil food, especially vegetables, you boil it until it is partly cooked. [V n] Roughly chop and parboil the potatoes, then sauté them in butter … English dictionary
parboil — UK [ˈpɑː(r)ˌbɔɪl] / US [ˈpɑrˌbɔɪl] verb [transitive] Word forms parboil : present tense I/you/we/they parboil he/she/it parboils present participle parboiling past tense parboiled past participle parboiled to boil food until it is only partly… … English dictionary
par|boil — «PAHR BOYL», transitive verb. 1. to boil till partly cooked: »Mother always parboils the beans before baking them. 2. to overheat. –v.i. to become overheated: »Figurative. to parboil in the hot sun. ╂[< Old French parboillir < Late Latin… … Useful english dictionary
