parboil
verb/ˈpɑːbɔɪl/
/ˈpɑːrbɔɪl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they parboil | /ˈpɑːbɔɪl/ /ˈpɑːrbɔɪl/ |
| he / she / it parboils | /ˈpɑːbɔɪlz/ /ˈpɑːrbɔɪlz/ |
| past simple parboiled | /ˈpɑːbɔɪld/ /ˈpɑːrbɔɪld/ |
| past participle parboiled | /ˈpɑːbɔɪld/ /ˈpɑːrbɔɪld/ |
| -ing form parboiling | /ˈpɑːbɔɪlɪŋ/ /ˈpɑːrbɔɪlɪŋ/ |
- parboil something to boil food, especially vegetables, until it is partly cookedTopics Cooking and eatingc2Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French parbouillir, from late Latin perbullire ‘boil thoroughly’, from Latin per- ‘through, thoroughly’ (later confused with part) + bullire ‘to boil’.
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