parboil (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *parboil*:
VERB	change	parboil, blanch	cook (vegetables) briefly

parboil > pronunciation
Sounds	paa'rboy.l
Rhymes	airfoil ... uncoil: 21 rhymes with oyl...

English > *parboil*: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaning	cook (vegetables) briefly.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Model	The chefs parboil the vegetables
Example	"Parboil the beans before freezing them"
Synonym	blanch
Category	cooking, cookery, preparation	The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
Broader	cook	Transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
Spanish	escaldar, sancochar
Catalan	coure superficialment, fer donar un bull, passar pel forn

HyperDic: parboil