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to parboil
01
to partly boil food, especially vegetables
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
parboil
3rd person singular
parboils
Present participle
parboiling
Past simple
parboiled
Past participle
parboiled
Examples
The recipe instructed me to parboil the potatoes before roasting them in the oven.
