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parboil

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Verb (transitive)

HYPHEN

par=boil

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb parboil has 1 sense

parboil(v = verb.change) blanch - cook (vegetables) briefly; "Parboil the beans before freezing them"

is one way to cook

Sample sentence:
The chefs parboil the vegetables

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CIDE DICTIONARY

parboil, v. t. [OE. parboilen, OF. parbouillir to cook well; par through (see Par) + bouillir to boil, L. bullire. The sense has been influenced by E. part. See 1st Boil.].

To boil or cook thoroughly. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
To boil in part; to cook partially by boiling. [1913 Webster]
To do (something) only part way, or incompletely. Also used intransitively. [PJC]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

parboil, v.tr. partly cook by boiling.

Etymology

ME f. OF parbo(u)illir f. LL perbullire boil thoroughly (as PER-, bullire boil: confused with PART)

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ROGET THESAURUS

parboil

Noncompletion

VB not complete, leave unfinished, leave undone, drop, put down, neglect, let alone, let slip, lose sight of (forget), fall short of, do things by halves, parboil, scotch the snake not lull it, hang fire, be slow to, collapse, drop out.

Calefaction

VB heat, warm, chafe, stive, foment, make hot, sun oneself, sunbathe, go up in flames, burn to the ground (flame), fire, set fire to, set on fire, kindle, enkindle, light, ignite, strike a light, apply the match to, apply the torch to, rekindle, relume, fan the flame, add fuel to the flame, poke the fire, stir the fire, blow the fire, make a bonfire of, melt, thaw, fuse, liquefy, burn, inflame, roast, toast, fry, grill, singe, parch, bake, torrefy, scorch, brand, cauterize, sear, burn in, corrode, char, calcine, incinerate, smelt, scorify, reduce to ashes, burn to a cinder, commit to the flames, consign to the flames, boil, digest, stew, cook, seethe, scald, parboil, simmer, do to rags, take fire, catch fire, blaze.