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Parboil   Listen
verb
Parboil  v. t.  (past & past part. parboiled; pres. part. parboiling)  
1.
To boil or cook thoroughly. (Obs.)
2.
To boil in part; to cook partially by boiling.
3.
Hence: (Fig.) To do (something) only part way, or incompletely. Also used intransitively.





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"Parboil" Quotes from Famous Books



... potatoes of a uniform size. Parboil for 10 minutes, then put in a dripping-pan with the meat or on a ...
— Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools • Ministry of Education Ontario


Words linked to "Parboil" :   preparation, cooking, blanch, cook, cookery


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