PARBOIL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they parboil ... he / she / it parboils

Past simple: parboiled

Past participle: parboiled

-ing form: parboiling

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cook (vegetables) briefly

Example:

Parboil the beans before freezing them

Synonyms:

blanch; parboil

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "parboil" is one way to...):

cook (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs parboil the vegetables

Credits

Context examples:

Parboiling husked whole grain, on the other hand, not only reduces arsenic by 25 per cent, but also increases its calcium content significantly, according to the researchers from Bangladesh and Northern Ireland.